Grrr Linux

[Jay Vaughan]

> I run fedora 17, but not the rt kernel. Using the rt kernel locks everything, I mean the screen works, I see the mouse moving, but clicking anywhere doesn't seem to matter.
> 

Totally bogus.  With the -studio variant of Ubuntu, most of this stuff is already set up and working for you.  At least, I've had the -rt kernels installed seamlessly for me, for years now.


> I have a delta1010, works just fine.
> 

Great. :)

> I have a midisport 4*4, working ok in qjack. I use seq24 for start/stop and midi clock messages to sync ardour and the cirklon. This link is what drives me crazy. When I got it working once, I wrote down all the settings for qjack, ardour and seq24.


Are you using aconnectgui to broker the connections?  You *need* to do this, and then set up a saved profile.  aconnectgui is often overlooked, but it is a seriously useful tool for these sorts of configs - treat it as the tool you use to manage virtual MIDI connections between all -Currently Running- applications with endpoints published on ALSA.

I use an alsa-jack bridge when I set up myself.  If you want to have Ardour using ALSA MIDI endpoints, you can either use the bridge approach, or use aconnectgui to manually do things..


> I even wrote down the sequence of each setting I made. The next day I repeated these exact steps, and what do you think, nothing. Sometimes only ardour is starting, sometimes only the cirklon, but most of the time nothing happened at all.  Oh, and saving presets and templates doesn't change a thing in the likelyhood of getting it to work.


Fire up aconnectgui, then ardour, then seq24.  Make the virtual MIDI connections between seq24 and ardour.  Does this help the situation?

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> Oh, Did I mention that, when I want to create a folder when working in a terminal, I have to check how to do that on the internet. That's the level your dealing with here ;-)

Well, we shall attempt to stay away from any terminal work, unless its friendly.. 

> Anyway, I appreciate your help and I might just install ubuntu studio and give it one more shot, but I'm still curious about the sync gen pro.


Well, its worth it to try UbuntuStudio on another disk, if you get the inclination.  Put it on a brand new SSD from the beginning, and I think you'll be extremely happy.  But, thats maybe more investment than you care about; but I do think for a DAW, making a fresh start with a new disk is a good approach; you can go back to your old setup if you want to, or just import the old projects over when you get things stable.




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Jay Vaughan