hello to you all

[chaos.squirrel]

hello all.

I just joined the forum, to learn things (and stuff).

I'll try not to ask too silly questions, though I can't make any promises.

I haven't had very much experience in the electronics side of things, which is kind of what I want to learn a bit more about. I hope this is the right forum for that. If it isn't or anyone can give me some pointers to other forums that concentrate more on that kind of thing that would be o-for-awesome.

ok.

seeyas
N

[Cal Weldon]

Hi N,

Welcome to the forums. Tell us, what are your interests as they relate to audio? Have you invested in any books or the like?

[chaos.squirrel]

Hi Cal.

Sorry, I kind of forgot to mention the audio side of things...

My interests in regards to audio are mainly to do with recording, I've got a little pc (linux) based home studio setup, and am looking to learn a bit more about gear and sound in general.

I also often try and salvage bits and pieces from old audio gear that I get at the dump. At the moment I'm trying to put together a voice PA system for some Loudhailer horns I found there recently...

As for investing in books, I've got a couple of basic ones like Modern Recording Techniques, and a few 'Electronics for beginners' type ones. Mostly though, I tend to use the library... anything you can recommend in particular?

ok
thanks
NIk

[Geoff H]

Hi Nik, welcome and merry Christmas.

I would be interested (for 1, there may be others) in your Linux based recording studio. Most people I know with small recording studios are running Macs.

To me MS Windows is my main source of income. But there are about 3 Linux boxes out the back.

Cheers,

Geoff.

[chaos.squirrel]

hey geoff

sorry it took me so long to reply, I've been away on holiday...

my linux recording setup isn't particularly fancy...

as far as hardware goes, I've got a terratec phase88 soundcard and a 3-year-old computer (Athlon XP 2500 1/2GB Ram).
the thing you need to check is that your sound card is supported by ALSA... lots are, eg. RME; ENVY24-based cards; MAudio and lots more.

as far as software goes:
I'm running Ubuntu Edgy with a realtime-patched kernel ( https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ho...timePreemption) . If you're planning on setting up a studio based on linux, you might want to wait for Ubuntu Studio to come out...
Another distro that's good for sound is Dyne::Bolic (it might just be called Dyne nowadays, I think)

Using the JACK Audio connection system I can get the latency down to less than 10ms at 96kHz 24bit.
For multitrack recording I use Ardour-GTK, which takes a bit of getting used to, (i.e. it's a bit ugly) but works well.


I don't know where you're at in terms of linux knowledge, or linux audio software, so if you tell me a bit more what you want to know I can tell you.

seeyas

nik

[Geoff H]

Hi Nik, I am semi familiar with Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. Intend to start using it as a substitute for windoze for clients wanting something better. I have toyed with sarge a bit, also Knoppix, esp live CDs. Best windows fixer helper there is in my book.

Ubuntu Studio sounds like the ticket. Debian was my favourite till Ubuntu arrived. The trouble with it is that it is so easy to use, you don't have to learn so much about it. Debian, you simply have to read and absorb the man pages. A hint: If you start looking into Debian, don't build a proxy cache server as your 3rd project.

Before a Linux versus MS flame war starts, this is not the place for it. Email direct to me if you wish. My address is in my profile.

Cheers,
Geoff.