On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Shubham Mishra <[email protected] > wrote:
> Hello People. After a long time I finally got around to try and record > something. I have a fresh install of Ubuntu Studio 14.04 up and running and > I have fiddled around with some of the programs and tried to do some stuff > but I'm running into some problems. Note I am not only new to linux audio > but new to audio recording in general so please bear with me if some of the > questions sound stupid. At the moment I'm using my midi keyboard which is > hooked up with a USB cable and I'm only going to do midi stuff right now > although I'm planning to get a microphone later for vocals. So here we go > > 1. I seem to be running into xruns a lot (one every 2-3 minutes) and the > settings which I have to bring jack so I don't get any dropouts at all > brings the latency up to 40ms which is too high. I'm running this on my > relatively old laptop using the built in sound card, which has a first gen > i3 and 3 GB RAM. Now I have absolutely no idea about what kind of hardware > is recommended for audio recording, so is this much enough? Because if it > is, then I'm probably doing something wrong. I do have a desktop with a > much better processor which I may have to use then, but no dedicated sound > card. > > I have Realtime enabled in JACK and enabled memlock in Ubuntu Studio > controls. What else can I do reduce the latency? I have left the priority > setting in qjackctl at default. Should I change that to something? > > 2. Is it ok to use rakarrack effects while recording or should I monitor > just a clean signal and then apply effects later? I mean, does the extra > processing add significant load to the CPU or are we talking on completely > different scales here? Same with zynaddsubfx; should I use that while > recording? I read somewhere that apparently it is not real time safe. > > 3. For monitoring while recording, is it better to route the midi signal > through qtractor to the synth or to connect the keyboard directly to the > synth? > > 4. On an unrelated note, how do sfz files work? Are they sort of like sf2 > files, which I can just load up on Qsynth or something? > > 5. For the microphone, is it ok get a USB microphone? I heard that it's > messy handling multiple sound cards with jack. If yes, then what is the > best way to connect a microphone? > OH!, i forgot to mention my opinion of USB mic's.. personally, i think they are great if they meet your needs.. they are "one trick pony" "uni-tasking" devices.. for example, you may be able to get a nice USB audio device and a nice actual mic for not much more cost than a decent USB mic, and those 2 things are *much* more versatile.. if you have a USB mic, for example, and you later decide to purchase a nicer preamp, you cant use it.. the USB audio device can also provide a nice instrument input, and be used as a fully functioning sound card.. so, for my money, i consider a USB mic to be a little bit of a wasted investment, unless the user is *only* doing something like a podcast, or only speech or one channel at a time with a mic.. good luck > > Thanks > Mish > > -- > ubuntu-studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > -- MH likethecow.com
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