I got a Samson USB mic to use for some direct to disc recording on my win
box. I googled to see if it might work on my ubuntu machine too. According
to what I found there, it would work but would take a bunch of work. I got
it and tested it on my win machine and it worked fine. I figured what the
heck, plug it in on the ubuntu box... I opened audacity and when I yelled
into the mic, it showed up faintly on the meter. Then I opened the master
volume control, pulled down the "source" box, and there it was. I selected
it and bumped the volume up, went back to audacity and voila... it worked
fine!

I will say that typically, google is my friend but (apparently) sometimes
ignoring what I find there is my friend too.

Ed

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:17:45 -0500, Ed Edelenbos wrote:

> I got a Samson USB mic to use for some direct to disc recording on my
> win box. I googled to see if it might work on my ubuntu machine too.
> According to what I found there, it would work but would take a bunch of
> work. I got it and tested it on my win machine and it worked fine. I
> figured what the heck, plug it in on the ubuntu box... I opened
> audacity and when I yelled into the mic, it showed up faintly on the
> meter. Then I opened the master volume control, pulled down the
> "source" box, and there it was. I selected it and bumped the volume
> up, went back to audacity and voila... it worked fine!
>
> I will say that typically, google is my friend but (apparently)
> sometimes ignoring what I find there is my friend too.

Well what you also have to keep in mind when googling for info such as
that is the time when the information was written. Due to Ubuntu's fast
paced release schedule, it advances very quickly. Think of it, every 6
months a new release supporting things that the previous version did not.

So if you're looking at an article that's a year old, then that is 2
Ubuntu releases out of date if not more. That's a very major difference.

--
Stephan
1986 Pontiac Fiero GT

君の事思い出す日なんてないのは
君の事忘れたときがないから

"Stephan Rose" <nospam@spammer.com> wrote in message
news:27qdnX0AhspEYE7anZ2dnUVZ_vrinZ2d@giganews.com ...
> On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:17:45 -0500, Ed Edelenbos wrote:
>
>> I got a Samson USB mic to use for some direct to disc recording on my
>> win box. I googled to see if it might work on my ubuntu machine too.
>> According to what I found there, it would work but would take a bunch of
>> work. I got it and tested it on my win machine and it worked fine. I
>> figured what the heck, plug it in on the ubuntu box... I opened
>> audacity and when I yelled into the mic, it showed up faintly on the
>> meter. Then I opened the master volume control, pulled down the
>> "source" box, and there it was. I selected it and bumped the volume
>> up, went back to audacity and voila... it worked fine!
>>
>> I will say that typically, google is my friend but (apparently)
>> sometimes ignoring what I find there is my friend too.
>
> Well what you also have to keep in mind when googling for info such as
> that is the time when the information was written. Due to Ubuntu's fast
> paced release schedule, it advances very quickly. Think of it, every 6
> months a new release supporting things that the previous version did not.
>
> So if you're looking at an article that's a year old, then that is 2
> Ubuntu releases out of date if not more. That's a very major difference.
>
> --
> Stephan
> 1986 Pontiac Fiero GT
>
> ???????????????
> ?????????????

That's an excellent point. I made sure to stick to 7.10 (the release I'm
using.) I've run into that before... not with Ubuntu but with other
stuff.

Ed

"Ed Edelenbos" <eded@spookeasy.net> wrote in message
news:fqsf27$inh$1@aioe.org...
>I got a Samson USB mic to use for some direct to disc recording on my win
>box. I googled to see if it might work on my ubuntu machine too.
>According to what I found there, it would work but would take a bunch of
>work. I got it and tested it on my win machine and it worked fine. I
>figured what the heck, plug it in on the ubuntu box... I opened audacity
>and when I yelled into the mic, it showed up faintly on the meter. Then I
>opened the master volume control, pulled down the "source" box, and there
>it was. I selected it and bumped the volume up, went back to audacity and
>voila... it worked fine!
>
> I will say that typically, google is my friend but (apparently) sometimes
> ignoring what I find there is my friend too.
>
> Ed

Sometimes, in the heat of battle, it is hard to remember that Google is only
as good as the data it is pointing out to you. Some subjects provide many
good comprehensive hits and some do not. I really don't like reading a six
page dissertation on some wiki about how to do something the hard way. They
always start out with apt-get install xxx yyy zzz instead of just saying xxx
yyy and zzz must be installed before you can proceed. Use apt-get or
Synaptic or simply download the appropriate .deb and double click on it to
install. Building source code and installing it is not for the faint of
heart and can cause monumental problems leading to a reload of the system.
Been there and done that. If you don't understand typical errors generated
by compilers and the make program and how to resolve them, you need a face
to face with someone who does. This internet thing works quite well most of
the time but having a real live human being looking over your shoulder and
mentoring the process can be priceless!

Having the repository on DVD is another very handy thing to use. Synaptic
handles that really well. Sooner or later you just have to have something
that requires building from scratch. Find several sources of how to info if
possible and make your own process from the data gathered. The process is
usually fairly simple if all the parts are provided and works the same with
application installs. Patching you favorite kernel with an experimental
driver could result in disaster. It is important to know what to back up and
how to restore old copies of things when things go wrong.

I am always happy to here of success in spite of data to the contrary.
Congratulations!

Daniel