Posts made by Balrong

@Alter Yes, I did, thank you. Just cut and pasted the files from the Xenial folder to the Focal one. Thanks!

Hello UBPorts,

Updated to focal about a week ago. Found fixes for most things on the forum - thank you to everyone, as always! - but one issue I have is that my notes are all missing from the notes app. Is there a way to recover these?

Thanks
Balrong

@mrt10001 Fair enough. Worth a try though! Thanks

Hello knowledgable people,

I need to switch out the headphone jack on my Oneplus 5T which got me thinking, would it be possible to buy a spare usb-c with display out and OTG from the Fairphone 4 and switch it with the usb-c port in the Oneplus?

I guess the two questions within that are:

• Would it physically fit in the phone or are they not standard sizes?
• Would the UBPorts build for Oneplus support the display out function if the port did fit in the phone?

Thanks,
Balrong

Another update:
Qtractor can be installed via Libertine (with libqtcore4 as prerequisite) and functions. Trouble is that Jack doesn't work and so actually recording on Qtractor hasn't happened for me yet. I think a real-time plugin is needed. I'm hoping someone who knows more than me will weigh in, but would this be useful to us?: https://ubuntu.com/engage/an-introduction-to-real-time-linux-part-i
Or does anyone know how to get Jack working with interface?
I will mess around with ALSA and see if I can get some MIDI stuff done.
Balrong

Update:

I bought a Samsung S9, which has the necessary hardware for usb input, and tested my Scarlet Solo using a usb hub. The Scarlet Solo works natively with Linux, in my experience.

When running on /e/ OS, the audio interface worked perfectly. The S9 recognised it as a sound card and audio came through it. I plugged my bass in, which all functioned perfectly as well. I downloaded n-Track Studio DAW for free through the /e/ App store and recorded some bass, as well as putting a drum loop to it. Latency wasn't a problem, though playback always started with a horrible sound. Still, relatively speaking, all good.

I then flashed UT to the S9. On UT, the phone recognised the interface as a storage device and no audio came through it, playing through the speakers instead.

So, @animaldaydream, since it works on Android, perhaps there is hope for UT? It doesn't recognise all usb devices as storage, my keyboard and mouse function as expected.

@fungie Is vcv rack anything like Carla? That's the vst 'emulator' (if that's the right term) that I use for Reaper.
How do you envisage the headphone jack being used?
Also, annoying that android is useless. Would you say its totally unusable for recording? Would a low latency kernel help?

@emphrath Rebuilding an image sounds hard. I don't actually own a device that supports wired external output and just assumed that all usb-c docks would work with them.

In terms of drivers, I would be interested to know how it works for Android. While I haven't used them myself, apps like FL Studio Mobile and Cubabis look really impressive. Though in fairness, I don't think I've seen them being used to record real instruments.

As always, the idea is clearly a lot more work than originally anticipated!

Hi @Emphrath, thanks for the reply,
I guess if using a usb-c dock on a Samsung S10 or similar, then an audio interface could be connected. I use a Focusrite Scarlett Solo; it works with Ubuntu and Pop OS as plug and play but I suppose that doesnt necessarily mean that the same would be true for UT!

Hello lovely people of the ubports community,

Thinking super long term, when convergence is a standard across all devices that support wired external output, what does the community think the possibility is of having a native linux DAW on an UT phone? I have tried Ardour and Audacity via Libertine with no success (Audacity crashes immediately and Ardour won't go further than the first screen). For me, having Reaper functioning on my phone would be a dream!

Older devices won't have the RAM or processing power to create actual tracks, but some of the newer Xiaomi, Oneplus or Samsung models might be capable of rendering tracks?

I have 0 coding knowledge but would be happy to help, test, or donate to a project like this, now or in the future. Until then, looking forward to the discussion!

Balrong