[ubuntu-studio-devel] handbook for ubuntustudio-users

[Erich Eickmeyer]

Hi Hans,

On 11/6/20 3:31 AM, Hans Schneidhofer wrote:
> hi erich,
>
> first at all:
> your name suggests that you speak german? Is it ?
It does not. I'm a 4th generation American that my parents decided would 
be nice to reach back into our heritage and use a German spelling for my 
first name.
> The reason, why I ask this is, i have some ideas and some questions for
> writing somewhat of a "handbook for ubuntustudio-users". Especially for
> beginners.
>
> I'm struggling with various things myself that have obviously changed
> significantly since version 14.04.
>
> This one example may explain something:
> looking in the internet for install a really working jackd with some
> hardware, connected to the own hardware, brings a lot of obsolet
> description, which are whether usable nor advisably.
>
> I found a lot of such descriptions that were definitely too old and
> therefore unusable.
>
> I also will try to get connections to other relevant mailinglists, so I
> get more information for some special areas like alsa and others.
>
> But if you know about the latest developments in a manual, you could
> tell me the contacts there so that I can get in touch with them.
>
> It would be nice to hear from you shortly
>
> bye hans
>
This sounds great. I highly suggest discussing this on the Ubuntu Studio 
Development mailing list 
(https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel). We 
already have an "Ubuntu Studio Audio Handbook" of sorts, but it's very 
outdated now and definitely needs some love. You can find that at 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/AudioHandbook.

The thing with Ubuntu Studio is that Studio Controls does most of the 
work right out of the box. Connecting various devices, applications, or 
plugins can be done within Carla. What we're trying to do is make it so 
that it's self-explanatory.

Additionally, I'm heavily involved with Fedora where we are testing 
Pipewire. Once Pipewire is integrated, it will completely drop-in 
replace Jack and PulseAudio and make professional audio (really *all* 
audio) on Linux much easier since everything will "just work". So, with 
that, bear in mind that any of your efforts, unless updated, may end up 
obsolete within a few years since this technology is moving fast. So, I 
hope you can commit to keeping it updated.

That said, I look forward to whatever you can come up with. Any and all 
documentation efforts are welcome. :)

-- 
Erich Eickmeyer
Project Leader     Ubuntu Studio
Council Member     Ubuntu Community Council
Maintainer         Fedora Jam