{"id":8,"date":"2005-02-10T19:24:34","date_gmt":"2005-02-10T19:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=8"},"modified":"2015-07-21T11:18:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T10:18:12","slug":"ubuntu-jingle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.adamsweet.org\/?p=8","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu Jingle"},"content":{"rendered":"

I decided to do an Ubuntu<\/a> jingle for LUG Radio<\/a>. If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t already know, LUG Radio is a Linux radio discussion show that goes some way to recreating the loud, opinionated and very funny nature of our Wolves LUG meetings.<\/p>\n

The jingle was to be based on a running joke from LUG Radio and our LUG meetings, where Aq<\/a> would sing Ubuntu to the Um Bongo<\/a> theme tune. Um Bongo is a kids fruit juice drink with the coolest advert ever, available when we were kids and judging by the site<\/a>, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still available now.<\/p>\n

So, I set about making a proper version for a jingle. As a test case, I was determined to use open source software, in this case the Hydrogen<\/a> drum machine software for Linux to make the drum track (thanks to Mr Ben<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reply<\/a> on the LUG Radio forums<\/a>) and the Eastern Hip-Hop<\/a> drumkit.<\/p>\n

After having trouble getting the JACK<\/a> server to start, I had to abandon Rosegarden<\/a> and Ardour<\/a>, so I decided to use Audacity<\/a> instead. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not that complex a project to require serious multi-tracking anyway.<\/p>\n

So, export the drum track as a .wav out of hydrogen, create a click track in Audacity and import the .wav. All cool. Plug in my crappy PC mic into the mic slot of my soundcard, try to record my hideous tribal \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ubuntu Ubuntu\u00e2\u20ac\u009d chanting. Play it back. Umph. Sounds like a crap, crackly mess with heavy breathing and unintelligable, slightly out of time words. You can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really tell I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m talking at all. Try another 2 crap PC mics and get the same result. Double check Gnome sound controls, no problem there. Try Dynebolic Linux<\/a>, a Linux sound recording Live CD, same problem but less out of time (probably to do with the low latency patches that help with sound recording issues under Linux). Try Audacity under Windows, even worse (ie no recorded sound at all).<\/p>\n

So, I dig out my \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcproper\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 mic from my musician days and buy an adapter to connect the quarter inch jack to a 3.5 mm soundcard input. Same problem. Shit.<\/p>\n

So there lies my problem. I think this jingle would be really cool, I even had plans to make a version to submit to Ubuntu as a sound test wav file or something. No go. I think the latency problems with Linux sound recording can be overcome by using Dynebolic, but I think the main problem is my crap Via VT8233\/A\/8235\/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (to quote lspci ;)).<\/p>\n

So my fantastic project is on hold for now, until I can work out how to record a decent vocal track. I could maybe dig out my old 4-track tape recorder and use my mic through that and into the line-in or mic socket, but thats a major ball-ache.<\/p>\n

Linux Sound Recording (with reservations) 1 – 0 Crap Hardware.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 17\/02\/2005:<\/p>\n

Dynebolic can’t play the file back without significant stutter on my laptop. It will boot on my dad’s machine but can’t recognise his bog standard Creative PCI 16 soundcard which I vaguely recall uses one of the ensoniq modules. Modprobing either ensoniq module supplied with dynebolic produces an error about depending on a PCMICIA module which blah blah… Audacity under Windows works great with my microphone on my dad’s machine. This means the problem with my machine is the soundcard.<\/p>\n

I’m running out of machines. Don’t make me use Windows…<\/p>\n

UPDATE 21\/02\/2005:<\/p>\n

The latest developments are in another post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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