<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Hi NMGLUG folks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">In response to Jason's email:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">I ran</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">$ sudo apt-get install ardour qjackctl xjadeo calf-plugins tap-plugins swh-lv2 so-synth-lv2 fil-plugins amb-plugins cmt rubberband-ladspa swh-plugins zam-plugins</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">It was successful.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">In my menu section Sound & Video, Ardour5 is now added.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">I opened Ardour. It guided me through the setup prior to first usage.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">I completed that, accepting defaults.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">I tried to start a New Session, but I got a dialog box saying</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"> "Failed to start or connect to audio-engine.<br>Latency calibration requires a working audio interface."<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">I have not been able to get past that.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">On a positive note, I am able to use Audacity, and I'm not in a big hurry.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Based on what you, Jason, wrote, I feel inclined to get Ardour working, so I can use this. While it's nice to have options, I agree that I may as well go straight to the best.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">I'm looking forward to getting Ardour configured/set up, so I can use this for most everything I want to do with audio recording.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Here's what I'm doing now with video and audio editing. I will probably work on other projects in the future. This is just my current project. I want to offer my yoga instruction by video. So, I am recording videos of me doing specific yoga routines. When I have access, I'm filming from two different angles. I will discard the audio portion recorded while filming. Next, I do voice-over which is me speaking instructions about how to do what I'm demonstrating in the video. I might add a third audio track of background music. For this project, I think the audio editing is simple, and I can do this in kdenlive. I don't see any way to record audio in kdenlive. So, it may be best to record the voice-over audio in ardour.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Equipment I've started with now is my smartphone to record the video and the mic in my laptop to record my voice-over.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">I think I found a Zoom H2 from Amazon.com for $170. Is there a problem with using the mic in my laptop?<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">LeRoy</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">--<br>I am the Love of God, no matter what.<br>LeRoy<span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt"> Diener<br>213-<span>LEROYIZ</span><br>213-537-6949<br><a href="http://www.leroydiener.com/" target="_blank">www.leroydiener.com/</a></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt"></span></span></span></div></div></div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 17:29:23 -0700<br>
From: jason schaefer <<a href="mailto:js@jasonschaefer.com" target="_blank">js@jasonschaefer.com</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: [nmglug] Can anyone suggest an audio recorder?<br>
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> Can you suggest any audio recorder that works well?<br>
> My specific need at this moment is to record voice-over audio files<br>
> which I will add to videos which I'll edit in Kdenlive.<br>
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I would recommend Ardour. After years of working with audio editing on<br>
GnuLinux I recommend going straight to the best and not wasting time on<br>
the "easy" software. Unless you are absolutely sure you will never<br>
progress into anything beyond the most basic task. Even then, for basic<br>
stuff Ardour is simple enough.<br>
<br>
Depending on what your doing it may be easiest to edit audio in the<br>
video editing software. There is a plugin to Ardour called xjadeo but it<br>
is not a video editor. It is used for playing your final video edit in<br>
ardour so you can professionally edit the audio tracks and then combine<br>
the two when your done. Probably best for sound tracks but voice tracks<br>
with many video edits could be challenging using this method.<br>
<br>
Its also really nice to have a simple field recorder. The Zoom H2 is<br>
what I have. Its perfect as long as you buy a hairy windscreen for it. I<br>
got mine from some guy in Hawaii who makes them by hand.<br>
<br>
This will install ardour along with some plugins that you may find<br>
useful some day.<br>
<br>
sudo apt-get install ardour qjackctl xjadeo calf-plugins tap-plugins<br>
swh-lv2 so-synth-lv2 fil-plugins amb-plugins cmt rubberband-ladspa<br>
swh-plugins zam-plugins<br>
<br>
Hope that helps.<br>
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