Just what I was looking for! Thanks. Subscribed. Followed along but the RUclips video hung when Ardour opened the session. Closed Ardour. Refreshed the browser window and watched your vid again. Repeated the issue at the same point.
I'm coming from LMMS and SunVox and game & and web development background, so Ardour has always seemed scary, this tutorial feels so approachable. Thank you.
This video just covers some basics about buffer size and xruns. The hardware and software interactions causing xruns can get rather complex. Have you seen this article in the Ardour Manual maybe? It goes into great detail on this: manual.ardour.org/setting-up-your-system/the-right-computer-system-for-digital-audio/ - unfa
alsa provides drivers ... I am using a Roland Super UA audio-interface, it seems to be somewhat class compliant. Thing is, it only works with JACK. I don't quite understand why but, because JACK runs on top of ALSA, so where is the driver coming from. BTW, I compiled Ardour8 on Linux Mint 21.2, works well. It suffers more xruns than Reaper on the same system. Eventually I find out why ... Like always, great video unfa, thanks for all your time, dedication, and work!!
Hi unfa, new to Linux and Ardour8. Found you here and need advice please. I was following a youtube lesson on installing ardour on the Linux Mint/Ubuntu distro. Followed the steps to prepare my system. Saw this video on first step setup and hit a wall trying to change Alsa to Jack. It froze on me when I clicked on Jack and went back to Alsa automatically. No response could only Force Quit. So you know, the lesson I watched, as one of the final steps had me purge qjackctl from my files, and install Cadence and Cadence-toolbox. Did this screw things up?? Thanks.
I have a problem. I set up my audio interface (line 6 toneport ux2), as imput and output in Ardour, but i have no imput signal at all. What should i do?
I don't see in Audio system Alsa option, I have only jack. Tried to set it up with my komplete kontrol m32 and I didn't get it working. Does anyone know why Alsa option is not showing up? Would apreciate all help :)
I'm getting back into using Ardour after a couple of years and these videos are really useful. Is there any issue with recording at 48kHz when most released music is at 44.1? I'm using Ubuntu Studio and so far it seems to be working well with no xruns. I have some of my own songs I want to record. It's just simple guitar and vocal stuff.
I (unfa) passed this question to Robin and here's what he replied: tl;dr: it is probably fine to calibrate only once (for each buffersize setting). -=- Yes, the setting is saved and restored for each configuration. The systemic-latency usually only depends on sample-rate and buffersize. However, with many USB devices, the systemic latency is often different every time the device is started. It may also change after an x-run. (This is due to additional buffering in the driver, alignment in USB stack, cheap hardware, etc.) Most PCI[e] and Firewire cards are not affected, also some high-end USB are reliable. I suggest to calibrate a few times (un/replug the device) and compare the results. The main use-case is recording overdubs, and the alignment doesn't have to be perfect there. If it's in the same ballpark every time, say +/- 1 ms, that's usually more than sufficient (+/- 34cm of sound in air, time it takes to transmit a MIDI note on wire). Only if you bounce through external gear, alignment needs to be perfect. Ardour's external-inserts offer a 2nd measurement utility for each send, just in case. There are also a few other cases where you might want perfect alignment, e.g. external Timecode, A/V productions etc. and yes you should probably re-calibrate every time, or just not stop the system. ciao, robin
When I calibrate. It looks like it is working fine, but it never allows me to "use measurements" that button is always disabled and there is a message in parenthesis next to the live measurements ' bad wiring'
So I am definitely not an Ardour beginner but something here caught my attention... this "NetJACK" driver... is this something that could handle these DANTE interfaces I keep hearing about??
No, NetJACK is not related to any other audio-via-network protocols. It is also fiddly to use, and so mostly for people with a lot of computer skills. But it is also quite powerful.
Cubase 2.01 Atari 1040 from 1992 has much better midi editing then Ardour 5.12 from 2019. almost 30 years. I think just about 15 years and Ardour will be just as good :)|
Please do more videos for Ardour!! It's very helpful for a beginner.
More is coming :)
- unfa
Life saver for a beginner. Thank you so much for your time!
It's so cool that this open source program is available. Thank you for the tutorial on initial set up.
very big time saver! grande ardour, grande Unfa.
Hello Unfa, this is a great way to get used to using ARDOUR for recording! Thank you!
found this video just after spending 2 hours configuring JACK. i now want to cry but thank you for the helpful video!!
Just what I was looking for! Thanks. Subscribed. Followed along but the RUclips video hung when Ardour opened the session. Closed Ardour. Refreshed the browser window and watched your vid again. Repeated the issue at the same point.
I'm coming from LMMS and SunVox and game & and web development background, so Ardour has always seemed scary, this tutorial feels so approachable. Thank you.
It would be nice to mention how to run and configure jackd (basically just run qjackctl).
Aha, so here it is. Nice. Been looking for this video in your channel. You need a good starting point and this helps a great deal.
Nicely done, Unfa!
Thanks man!
- unfa
Awesome... Thank you Unfa!
Unfa sound do relaxing time 🥺✌️✌️I feel unfa ardour
Fantastic videos Unfa. Love your work and your personality. you've won a fan here. thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you :)
- unfa
sound design on the video is awesome
It would be great if one of your videos discused in details how to avoid xruns and how choosing the proper number of periodos can help.
This video just covers some basics about buffer size and xruns.
The hardware and software interactions causing xruns can get rather complex.
Have you seen this article in the Ardour Manual maybe? It goes into great detail on this:
manual.ardour.org/setting-up-your-system/the-right-computer-system-for-digital-audio/
- unfa
Ardour Thanks unfa
alsa provides drivers ... I am using a Roland Super UA audio-interface, it seems to be somewhat class compliant. Thing is, it only works with JACK. I don't quite understand why but, because JACK runs on top of ALSA, so where is the driver coming from. BTW, I compiled Ardour8 on Linux Mint 21.2, works well. It suffers more xruns than Reaper on the same system. Eventually I find out why ... Like always, great video unfa, thanks for all your time, dedication, and work!!
Hi unfa, new to Linux and Ardour8. Found you here and need advice please. I was following a youtube lesson on installing ardour on the Linux Mint/Ubuntu distro. Followed the steps to prepare my system. Saw this video on first step setup and hit a wall trying to change Alsa to Jack. It froze on me when I clicked on Jack and went back to Alsa automatically. No response could only Force Quit. So you know, the lesson I watched, as one of the final steps had me purge qjackctl from my files, and install Cadence and Cadence-toolbox. Did this screw things up?? Thanks.
I have a problem. I set up my audio interface (line 6 toneport ux2), as imput and output in Ardour, but i have no imput signal at all. What should i do?
Wish I found this video earlier because it's kinda hard following tutorials when Ardour hijacks the audio hardware.
I don't see in Audio system Alsa option, I have only jack. Tried to set it up with my komplete kontrol m32 and I didn't get it working. Does anyone know why Alsa option is not showing up? Would apreciate all help :)
I'm getting back into using Ardour after a couple of years and these videos are really useful. Is there any issue with recording at 48kHz when most released music is at 44.1? I'm using Ubuntu Studio and so far it seems to be working well with no xruns. I have some of my own songs I want to record. It's just simple guitar and vocal stuff.
i just realized i been keeping every track i do pre fader, because i liked all that open space to click below it :(
What about PortAudio in Windows and CoreAudio in Mac?
very nice. Im waiting on something more advanced for example everything about midi transformations
We've decided to start with the basics, but I'm sure the MIDI workflow will get it's spotlight too :)
- unfa
Interesting, when Ardour for dummies by Unfa comes out?!)
I guess this series is going to be exactly that :D
- unfa
Interesting, when Ardour 6 comes out?!
don't hold your breath. Sounds like Paul just moved across country which has understandably pushed back progress a little.
tyyyyy unfa to polski ziomek haha
After I calibrate audio, do I have to recalibrate my audio every time I restart my computer or re-plugin my audio interface?
I (unfa) passed this question to Robin and here's what he replied:
tl;dr: it is probably fine to calibrate only once (for each buffersize
setting).
-=-
Yes, the setting is saved and restored for each configuration.
The systemic-latency usually only depends on sample-rate and buffersize.
However, with many USB devices, the systemic latency is often different
every time the device is started. It may also change after an x-run.
(This is due to additional buffering in the driver, alignment in USB
stack, cheap hardware, etc.)
Most PCI[e] and Firewire cards are not affected, also some high-end USB
are reliable.
I suggest to calibrate a few times (un/replug the device) and compare
the results.
The main use-case is recording overdubs, and the alignment doesn't have
to be perfect there. If it's in the same ballpark every time, say +/- 1
ms, that's usually more than sufficient (+/- 34cm of sound in air, time
it takes to transmit a MIDI note on wire).
Only if you bounce through external gear, alignment needs to be perfect.
Ardour's external-inserts offer a 2nd measurement utility for each send,
just in case.
There are also a few other cases where you might want perfect alignment,
e.g. external Timecode, A/V productions etc. and yes you should probably
re-calibrate every time, or just not stop the system.
ciao,
robin
When I calibrate. It looks like it is working fine, but it never allows me to "use measurements" that button is always disabled and there is a message in parenthesis next to the live measurements ' bad wiring'
So I am definitely not an Ardour beginner but something here caught my attention... this "NetJACK" driver... is this something that could handle these DANTE interfaces I keep hearing about??
No, NetJACK is not related to any other audio-via-network protocols. It is also fiddly to use, and so mostly for people with a lot of computer skills. But it is also quite powerful.
@@pauldavisthefirst ah gotcha. Thank, Paul :)
Cubase 2.01 Atari 1040 from 1992 has much better midi editing then Ardour 5.12 from 2019. almost 30 years. I think just about 15 years and Ardour will be just as good :)|
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