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IntroTutVideos

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The Ubuntu Studio Intro and Tutorial Videos

Overview

I [scott] suggest that we view these coupled with our other documentation initiative as a way to help encourage those unfamiliar with Ubuntu Studio to become new users and to transition these people to become competent moderate users.

To help me organize my thoughts as a framework I considered this document as a narrative I would tell a friend, a fellow musician, who wanted to move away from Windows to record music.

Target Audience

Our target audience are musicians who are computer literate. They have experience with Windows and/or Mac.

I strongly suggest they may not have experience with either Linux or Ubuntu.

They will not be money rich, but will have initiative, dedication, and time.

Goals

To demonstrate the strengths and potential of Ubuntu Studio to those unfamiliar with it and encourage (read: COMPEL) them to become users.

Additionally, we will help all users develop competency with a broad range of Ubuntu Studio skills including recording audio, developing graphics, and video editing.

Introduction to Ubuntu Studio

What is Ubuntu Studio?

I think this should be direct, accessible, and geared toward the young, starving artist and stress the following:

it's free (as in beer)
it is an operating system with pre-installed multimedia software
used to record/edit audio, create graphics, and edit video along with "desktop" purpose (i.e. internet, playing games)
can run on modest hardware
included software is robust, dynamic, and powerful - some is even used in professional recording studios
base on ubuntu

it is an operating system with pre-installed multimedia software

Why use Ubuntu Studio?

FOSS

it's free (as in beer) - [this can't be stressed enough in my opinion]
it's free (as in speech)
you can see the source code
you can modify the source code (mention the OpenOctave Project)
describe the four freedoms from FSF)

you can modify the source code (mention the OpenOctave Project)

Applications Store

official repository for applications
tens of thousands of free applications
many (?) of applications for purchase

Modest Hardware Requirements

can run on modest hardware [probably need to give example of low end machine with interface]

Multimedia Applications

pre-installed set of applications will cover most demands
can install thousands of others
use for multimedia creation and editing
multimedia software is robust, dynamic, and powerful
highlight some of the "featured applications" - jack, ardour, inkscape, blender
hundreds of free effect plugins pre-installed and ready to use

Differences between Windows and Ubuntu

FOSS

explain why FOSS is different than Windows and other proprietary software/operating systems

draw an analogy to music bought, who says you can't listen to music you purchased on more than one computer or phone?

Open Formats vs. mp3

mention

ogg
ogv
webm

More Options

mention

more flexible than windows, craps load of choices
but more is presented to users
sometimes this causes it to be more complicated
e.g. sound can be handles by various sound servers or you may start Ubuntu Studio with different xsession

Non-monolithic Applications

"do one thing and do it well" ethos

majority of applications are not monolithic
you will need several applications opened and up concurrently
these applications will work together, just more visibly than windows

Multi-users

Linux derives from a multi-user environment
users will need to login
and each user will get their own dedicated area of hard drive known as /home directory where their files will be stored (analogous to /MyDocuments from Windows)

and each user will get their own dedicated area of hard drive known as /home directory where their files will be stored (analogous to /MyDocuments from Windows)

Hardware Requirements

computer

p4, 2.2 ghz with 1.5 gigs of memory

I kinda arbitrarily chose this because this was my old machine and it worked in practically all cases, although it maxed out the cpu during mastering with Ardour and Jamin without many plugins.

video card

shrug don't know, i don't use nor have much experience with different video cards

audio interface

this needs some expansion in explaining the different options, but try to avoid too much technical detail (i.e. "to get firewire working you will need to 1) user in audio group by opening this, clicking that, 2) add aboganni's ppa to your sources.list and download the -rt kernel, etc"), please keep it higher level, just make them aware of issues

pci

card that goes into computer, gives good latencies, fairly inexpensive

laptop users usually can't go this route
give examples of decent cards

usb

plugs into usb port, latencies vary depending on usb format, mostly inexpensive

point out differences between usb1 vs. usb2 throughput
mention upcoming usb3 performance (might contrast with firewire)

firewire

laptops users will be using this mostly
will need additional configuration: user in audio group irq conflicts (different kernel, rtirq)
user in audio group
irq conflicts (different kernel, rtirq)

Installing Ubuntu Studio

It is recommended that the user do a full install from DVD overwriting any existing operating systems, however there are other installation options available.

Full Install from DVD

download ISO
burn to DVD
insert DVD into computer
reboot and follow instructions - warning this will erase existing operating system completely and irrevocably

reboot and follow instructions - warning this will erase existing operating system completely and irrevocably

Other Installation Options

Upgrading from Vanilla Ubuntu

download ISO
burn to CD
insert Cd into computer
reboot and follow instructions - warning this will erase existing operation system completely and irrevocably
install "studio" packages
add user to audio group
(?) add -lowlatency or -rt kernel

reboot and follow instructions - warning this will erase existing operation system completely and irrevocably

Dual Booting

user can have both operating systems installed and choose between them during boot using GRUB menu.

Audio Tasks

Understanding JACK

contrast pulse audio and jack
qjackctl intro
setting up jack
routing audio with jack

Ardour - Record Audio

starting new project
recording audio to a track
multitracking
ardour monitoring
recording hydrogen drums
add effect plugins
fader/pan automation
mixing
mastering with jamin

midi/sequencers/synths

using qtractor
using qsynth

Video Tasks

Blender - Edit Video

set to sequencer
adjust layout
save layout settings
add movies with sound
add images
add color
add audio
selecting clips
moving clips
modifying lenght of images, colors
triming (kut) movies
triming movies with grips
add effect
codec settings
render

Graphical Tasks

Inkscape - Create Graphics

import from clip art
any tips
bringing things up/down (over other parts)
ctl to move orthographically
ctl to scale things equally
links to screencasters

Appendix A: Troublshooting

getting firewire devices to work
"why doesn't pulse and jack work together"
setting up ice1712 devices to work with pulse

Objectives:

Introduce Key features and concepts related with Ubuntu Studio to newcomers or curious.

Overview
How to navigate on Ubuntu Studio.
What can you do with Ubuntu Studio? (General overview of Worflows) Create Audio content such Podcasts, recording bands, composing Music, Edit musical scores, Create kick "ass" 3d models and Vectorial images, and much much more...
Editing sound files / recording a podcast (Ardour / Audacity / Jack) Intro to JACK core concepts Video Script What is Jack? JACK - Jack Audio Connection Kit - its a sound server that interfaces between the sound interface drivers and a Jack aware Application (for instance Ardour). The driver is the piece of software that controls directly your hardware, it is very low level. On Linux the most used ones are ALSA and FFADO. FFADO is made specifically for FireWire Audio interfaces. JACK allows easy routing of audio streams between EVERY JACK aware Application. For example you could connect a microphone to you audio interface input and route it to the 1st Ardour track. Then from the same Microphone you could also route another stream to a Effects box (like rakarrack) and after that rout that ouptut to the 2nd Ardour track. Now you easily splited the same audio source into diferent streams, worked on them diferently and finally connected them to Ardour.
Create Audio content such Podcasts, recording bands, composing Music, Edit musical scores, Create kick "ass" 3d models and Vectorial images, and much much more...
Intro to JACK core concepts Video Script What is Jack? JACK - Jack Audio Connection Kit - its a sound server that interfaces between the sound interface drivers and a Jack aware Application (for instance Ardour). The driver is the piece of software that controls directly your hardware, it is very low level. On Linux the most used ones are ALSA and FFADO. FFADO is made specifically for FireWire Audio interfaces. JACK allows easy routing of audio streams between EVERY JACK aware Application. For example you could connect a microphone to you audio interface input and route it to the 1st Ardour track. Then from the same Microphone you could also route another stream to a Effects box (like rakarrack) and after that rout that ouptut to the 2nd Ardour track. Now you easily splited the same audio source into diferent streams, worked on them diferently and finally connected them to Ardour.

Video Script What is Jack? JACK - Jack Audio Connection Kit - its a sound server that interfaces between the sound interface drivers and a Jack aware Application (for instance Ardour). The driver is the piece of software that controls directly your hardware, it is very low level. On Linux the most used ones are ALSA and FFADO. FFADO is made specifically for FireWire Audio interfaces.

JACK allows easy routing of audio streams between EVERY JACK aware Application. For example you could connect a microphone to you audio interface input and route it to the 1st Ardour track. Then from the same Microphone you could also route another stream to a Effects box (like rakarrack) and after that rout that ouptut to the 2nd Ardour track. Now you easily splited the same audio source into diferent streams, worked on them diferently and finally connected them to Ardour.

TODO: Finish the script....

How Audio editing works? Tracks, mixing and maybe some plugins like compressors
Design a simple logo (Inkscape) Design a simple logo for a band (for example). Why the SVG format is better.
Simple photo enhancement (The Gimp)
Using your Midi keyboard with Ubuntu Studio (Midi / Sofsynths, maybe some sequencer software like Qtractor)
Design a simple logo for a band (for example). Why the SVG format is better.

specific videos over here

Audio
JACK
Ardour
MIDI / Sofsynths

-Video

Kdenlive ????

-Graphics

Inkscape
The Gimp

Who

- For now, rlameiro and others like Scott will be defining some outlines for the videos and maybe making some of them. but anyone can contribute to this wiki adding ideas. Please don't delete others proposals before debating them, its rude, after all we all want the best for Ubuntu Studio.
For now, rlameiro and others like Scott will be defining some outlines for the videos and maybe making some of them. but anyone can contribute to this wiki adding ideas. Please don't delete others proposals before debating them, its rude, after all we all want the best for Ubuntu Studio.

UbuntuStudio/IntroTutVideos (last edited 2011-04-06 22:14:06 by conr-adsl-dhcp-64-92-4-194)