[ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio For Musicians handbook
Peter Reppert
preppert at gmail.com
Sun Jun 3 15:05:20 UTC 2018
Here is the handbook in PDF format.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eKETJ5rhxHtntLvCATm7xu7JpuogOAcx
Only two people have read it and they did not mark it up - it desperately
needs some proofreading and editing.
Anyway, please give it a read. To be clear - I was hoping to post this
somewhere like wiki.ubuntustudio.com - that is, I do not want to share a
link to my Google Drive with all Ubuntu users! This should be hosted with
other Ubuntu documentation. I think a wiki would be great, but I don't see
how to go about actually posting it and need step-by-step instructions. So
far I haven't found anything that makes sense as a place to upload this.
Not to get too far ahead of things, but could this become part of the
skeletal audio guide here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/UserGuide/Audio ?
That is a great outline, by the way - I wouldn't want to alter it.
So: *DO* download this if you are on the Documentation team. *DO *feel free
to upload it somewhere the team can access it. * DO NOT* post the link to
my Google Drive on any Ubuntu public pages. I will work on making an
editable version of this, and will be very happy to try to post it to a
Wiki, as soon as I see where and how to do so. Link, please? I am hoping
that once it has been reviewed a little, it ends up somewhere that new
users can readily find it from the main Ubuntu Studio page, whatever that
may entail.
Let me know if you have any trouble accessing the PDF. I gave it a quick
check and everything seems to be there - it's a bit longer than I said.
Thanks, and looking forward to your feedback! Will get on IRC sometime
this week, most likely.
Pete
P.s. - at this point I should probably repeat that this PDF file is hereby
officially public domain. This is a way of paying back for all the great
software and contributions of others in the Ubuntu community. Once this
becomes a group project, I hope credit will be given as due (to all who
work on it).
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> 1. Re: Saturday's Meeting (June 2, 2018) (Ross Gammon)
> 2. Re: Ubuntu Studio For Musicians handbook (Ross Gammon)
> 3. Re: Ubuntu Studio For Musicians handbook (Peter Reppert)
> 4. Re: Ubuntu Studio For Musicians handbook (charlie)
> 5. Re: Ubuntu Studio For Musicians handbook (Ralf Mardorf)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 15:14:23 +0200
> From: Ross Gammon <ubuntustudio at the-gammons.net>
> To: ubuntu-studio-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Saturday's Meeting (June 2, 2018)
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> I don't believe it - I was likely to attend this week ;-)
>
> Sorry - I have been working overseas for the last 3 weeks, and only just
> caught up with a months emails. But I should be staying home for the
> coming month or so.
>
> Are there any packages nearly ready for an upload that I could take a
> look at and try to move forward?
>
> Ross
>
> On 06/01/2018 04:50 PM, Charlie wrote:
> > good morning from California! I'm ok with cancelling the meeting.
> >
> > For me: I've yet to settle into a project to work on for Ubunu Studio.
> I'm still very interested in starting with documentation (since I feel like
> that's the 'entry' level project that I should do since I don't have any
> programming skills yet).
> >
> > is there any need for wallpapers? i can work on some photos for that.
> >
> > that's the end of my report.
> >
> > charlie
> >
> >> On May 31, 2018, at 21:24, Erich Eickmeyer <erich at ericheickmeyer.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey everyone,
> >>
> >> Something has come up and I'm likely not to be able to be at Saturday's
> >> meeting. With that, I think it was just going to be a progress report
> >> anyhow, so I'm all for canceling the meeting this week. Perhaps we can
> >> just give progress reports on our various projects by replying to this
> >> thread.
> >>
> >> I'll start: I'm still working on rebranding ubuntustudio-welcome to be,
> >> well, Ubuntu Studio as opposed to other flavors. My progress is
> >> slow-going, but if anybody wants to chip-in they can find the git repo
> >> on my Launchpad page, and it should also be listed under the Ubuntu
> >> Studio project itself.
> >>
> >> That's all I've got. I would love to hear whatever else anybody has.
> >>
> >> -Erich
> >>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 15:24:27 +0200
> From: Ross Gammon <ubuntustudio at the-gammons.net>
> To: ubuntu-studio-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio For Musicians
> handbook
> Message-ID: <0bb59e13-83ed-7f02-f2f9-61a171a75268 at the-gammons.net>
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> Fantastic. This is just the sort of thing I needed when I stopped using
> Windows for music, and moved to Ubuntu Studio.
>
> I always wished that someone did a series of blog posts like this, or
> sold the series to one of the Linux magazines.
>
> Finding people to help review it should not be a problem.
>
> If you are not so happy with the idea of a wiki, I could push some html
> to my http://people.ubuntu.com/~rosco2/ website temporarily. We could
> probably put it on the ubuntustudio.org website in the end. Having the
> text in git would help others to propose merges.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ross
>
> On 06/02/2018 04:29 AM, Peter Reppert wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wrote a handbook called "Ubuntu Studio For Musicians" that covers most
> > of the out-of-the-box programs, recording, mastering, making a CD, the
> > basics of sound synthesis, and revkiews of some free VST instruments
> > (see TOC below). I would like to put this guide in the public domain,
> > and would like to know the best way to go about it? Parts of it could
> > possibly be incorporated into the wiki pages (i just put in a request
> > for a wiki documentation account).
> >
> > I have been using Ubuntu Studio for a few years and relying mostly on
> > the forum for answers (along with the excellent online Ardour manual).
> > Let me know if you think this 50-page handbook would be useful, and if
> > so, could I get help editing it? Also where it might be posted as a
> > standalone manual and easily found? This was written with version
> > 16.04, and is intended for beginner/intermediate users.
> >
> > Table Of Contents
> >
> >
> > 1. About this book
> > Who this book is for
> > Why buy this book?
> > How to use this book – know what's possible
> > Companion matter, if any - web site, disk, etc.
> > About the author/acknowledgements
> >
> > 2. Getting started
> > Gear on a budget
> > How to find out if your old laptop can run Ubuntu
> > System Requirements
> > Running Ubuntu from media
> > Installing Ubuntu Studio
> > Configuring and testing your soundcard
> > Connecting with JACK and Patchage
> >
> > 3. Overview of out-of-the-box instruments and effects
> > Sound Generators
> > Hexter
> > Aeolus
> > Synthv1
> > Qsynth, drumkv1, samplev1
> > Amsynth
> > Hydrogen
> > Audio Processors
> > Guitarix
> > Rakarrak
> > Make your guitar a MIDI controller
> > Tools and Utilities
> > Major file types
> > Tools for DJs
> > Internet DJ Console
> > SuperLooper
> > TerminatorX
> > 4. Basic recording for musicians
> > Audacity
> > Ardour
> >
> > 5. Using VST plugins
> > Install Wine
> > Install and run Carla
> > Configuring and using Carla
> >
> > 6. Advanced recording in Ardour
> > Punch-ins
> > Looping
> > MIDI tracks
> > Fade-in Fade-out
> > Automation
> > Grouping tracks
> > Creating a bus and inserting effects
> > Additional advanced topics
> > LinVST
> >
> > 7. Mixing and mastering
> >
> > 8. Creating your own SoundFont with Swami
> >
> > 9. Sharing your music
> > Creative Commons
> > Copyright registration
> > Royalty collection agencies
> > Making a CD
> > Sheet music with MuseScore
> >
> > 10. Sound synthesis 101
> > Knob acronyms
> > Ten Things To Try On Any Synthesizer
> > Approaches to sound synthesis
> > Patch tutorials
> > Funk Bass
> > Arpeggiator
> > Crafting Noise
> > Siren
> > Appendix
> > Troubleshooting
> > Using the command line
> > Links and resources
> >
> >
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 12:49:52 -0400
> From: Peter Reppert <preppert at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-studio-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio For Musicians
> handbook
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> Hi,
>
> I am not sure how to properly reply to this mail list, so pardon me if this
> does not end up in the correct thread.
>
> Here is my launchpad account to join the documention team:
> https://launchpad.net/~preppert
>
> I wrote this handbook in LibreOffice Writer, so it's in ODT format for now.
> Please let me know if I should save it as something else, and it would be
> very helpful to know specifically where/how to post it. So far I saw "a
> documentation wiki". I hesitated to send it here as an attachment, but let
> me know if that would make sense prior to posting it. I am fine with it
> being open for editing and can put together a short list of things I was
> hoping to add.
> This does not attempt to be a comprehensive manual, more of a quick
> survey and reference handbook with some tricks that even experienced users
> may have never tried or just want to refer back to quickly. "Stuff I wish
> I knew/had in one place when I first started using Ubuntu Studio". I could
> not find anything like it, and figured if there is, writing this still
> wasn't wasted effort. Enough said until I'm better oriented. Glad there is
> some interest.
>
> Pete
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 10:10:51 -0700
> From: charlie <contact at charlieluna.com>
> To: ubuntu-studio-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio For Musicians
> handbook
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> Pete,
>
> OH WOW!!! This is totally cool! I'm looking forward to reading this
> handbook and contributing to the documentation team. I look forward to
> speaking with you at length over anything.
>
> Charlie
>
> IRC ID: hangar18
>
>
> On 06/02/2018 09:49 AM, Peter Reppert wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am not sure how to properly reply to this mail list, so pardon me if
> > this does not end up in the correct thread.
> >
> > Here is my launchpad account to join the documention team:
> > https://launchpad.net/~preppert <https://launchpad.net/%7Epreppert>
> >
> > I wrote this handbook in LibreOffice Writer, so it's in ODT format for
> > now. Please let me know if I should save it as something else, and it
> > would be very helpful to know specifically where/how to post it. So
> > far I saw "a documentation wiki". I hesitated to send it here as an
> > attachment, but let me know if that would make sense prior to posting
> > it. I am fine with it being open for editing and can put together a
> > short list of things I was hoping to add.
> > This does not attempt to be a comprehensive manual, more of a
> > quick survey and reference handbook with some tricks that even
> > experienced users may have never tried or just want to refer back to
> > quickly. "Stuff I wish I knew/had in one place when I first started
> > using Ubuntu Studio". I could not find anything like it, and figured
> > if there is, writing this still wasn't wasted effort. Enough said
> > until I'm better oriented. Glad there is some interest.
> >
> > Pete
> >
> >
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 19:32:17 +0200
> From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>
> To: ubuntu-studio-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio For Musicians
> handbook
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> On Sat, 2 Jun 2018 12:49:52 -0400, Peter Reppert wrote:
> >Please let me know if I should save it as something else
>
> For downloads the PDF file format is quite common for that kind of
> guide. For online reading it either should be plain text or HTML.
>
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