Trouble with setting up Jack

[hollunder at gmx.at]

On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 22:41:55 +1000 (EST)
Carla <poppinlockin at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> Yeah I am afraid the visual side of my brain works better but so far
> so good with the tutorial. There are terms that I am still learning.
> OK I picked default as I do not know which to pick from the drop down
> box. The numbers are yellow and not red. It get's to about 70
> something percentage and drops, rises, drops etc. 

Ok, as long as there is only green 0 (0) below 'Started' and no red
numbers, everything's fine. The yellow % numbers are cpu-load. It
shouldn't be at 70% but rather fairly below 10%.


>Yes I realise I
> will have to put a proper soundcard in. I will hopefully get one this
> week but it depends on finances. I have a really good network of
> people around me that can get me a good one. It won't be the best one
> ofcourse but maybe it will.

When getting a soundcard, make sure it is compatible. The best place to
check that is: http://alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Main


> Anyway when I am recording I am using a
> microphone. I don't record musical instruments at all. I also don't
> use a lot of tracks when making music after all I am from the old
> skool of Hip Hop where music is not the focus. It s about the lyrics.
> C

The main strengths of the jack system are the possibility to get really
low latencies and very flexible routing. If you don't have high
requirements, single applications using alsa might suffice.
For loop-based and straight stuff, lmms could be a all-in-one option
(similar to fruity loops), but beware that it's still pretty early in
development and that it's not in Ubuntu Studio by default.
Try and test, find out what works for you. It could be interconnecting
apps using jack or a single app that does it for you, try, try, try,
and ask.

Philipp