[ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio For Musicians handbook
eylul
eylul at ubuntustudio.org
Sun Jun 3 16:03:31 UTC 2018
I think even if it is a living document (as it should be) it would be a
cool idea for it to have regular release versions to encourage people to
update and have an offline copy of. In addition to html, an epub would
be compatible with ebook readers and lightweight (which is nice when you
can have your computer you work on, and the reference next to it), it
should be pretty straightforward to convert it from epub to pdf too. (I
can help with formatting converting aspect of this, if/when it comes to
it and its pretty straightforward with calibre, when going from a
libreoffice file)
In the short term, we could probably attach a pdf/epub version of this
to a blog post on the website when it is finalized, and have the file
downloaded from there (or link it as pdf from one of the static pages
for support etc as well), until we can find a permanent home for the
living document version.
Just thinking out loud. :)
Best
Eylul
On 06/03/2018 06:05 PM, Peter Reppert wrote:
> 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
> <http://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).
>
> On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 8:00 AM,
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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
> <mailto:ubuntustudio at the-gammons.net>>
> To: ubuntu-studio-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
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> 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 <mailto: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
> <mailto:ubuntustudio at the-gammons.net>>
> To: ubuntu-studio-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio For Musicians
> handbook
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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/
> <http://people.ubuntu.com/%7Erosco2/> website temporarily. We could
> probably put it on the ubuntustudio.org <http://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 <mailto:preppert at gmail.com>>
> To: ubuntu-studio-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> <mailto:ubuntu-studio-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio For Musicians
> handbook
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> <CAK_4AvsDHXkYp5-ZhPHS9orX3A8=7zx5Mvcvb=Eg7g5Z4o5w3Q at mail.gmail.com
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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 <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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> Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 10:10:51 -0700
> From: charlie <contact at charlieluna.com
> <mailto:contact at charlieluna.com>>
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> 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>
> <https://launchpad.net/%7Epreppert
> <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
> <mailto:ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>>
> To: ubuntu-studio-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> <mailto: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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