Ubuntu Music Production Category

No Sound Troubleshooting in Linux/Ubuntu using Firewire Audio Interface

Two months ago, I wrote a tutorial on configuring a Firewire audio interface as the default sound device in Linux, specifically using Ubuntu distribution. It works well until Ubuntu release version 12.04 LTS where I encounter some playback issues. The …

How to Set your Firewire Audio Interface as Default Sound Device in Linux

By default, if you have an on-board sound card or PCI soundcard installed; it would be very easy to get that working in Linux. As long as you have correctly installed the hardware on your motherboard, Linux would take care of the audio drivers itself a …

Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 in Ubuntu 11.10: Installation Guide

This is a complete tutorial on how to get your Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 to work in Ubuntu 11.10. At the end of this tutorial, you should be able to record and play with this Firewire audio interface in Linux/Ubuntu 11.10. Before proceeding with the ste …

Install FFADO & JACK from Source using Subversion in Ubuntu 11.10

FFADO is the Linux Free Firewire audio drivers. This is required when you like to use a Firewire audio interface in Linux such as Saffire Pro 40. Jack is an audio sound server in Linux that would be useful for low latency recording. This tutorial was w …

How to Install Ubuntu 11.10 for Music Production with Windows XP/7

If you already installed Windows XP or Windows 7 in your computer and you would like to try Ubuntu music production such Ubuntu studio; then you would need to install Ubuntu operating system along with Windows. This can be very tricky and difficult esp …