!! EXPERIMENTAL - TESTERS NEEDED !!
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU ONLY TRY THIS ON A FRESH INSTALL / NOT on your production system!
This is reported to work also with Ubuntu Hardy 8.04, but more testers are needed.
Please note that 64 Studio 3.0 is still at beta stage, even though it already seems stable enough for audio work.
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Introduction
Want to convert your standard Linux Mint 5 LTS installation into a powerful Digital Audio Workstation with rock solid realtime kernel and extensive hardware support? 64 Studio is much appreciated among Linux musicians for its stability. The latest 64 Studio version 3.0 will be based on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 LTS, just like Linux Mint 5 is. Thus, upgrading from Mint 5 to 64 Studio 3.0 is possible without getting into dependency madness or losing the Mint flavour. The result is surprisingly stable, even though 64 Studio 3.0 is still at beta stage.
You may read more about 64 Studio here: http://www.64studio.com
Thanks to Quentin Harley's instructions (http://www.64studio.com/node/877), it was not so difficult to compile this how-to.
A couple of screenshots of my 64-bit Mint-64Studio system:
JACK Control
http://users.utu.fi/totaha/sysimetsa/64 ... x_mint.png
Ardour 2.8
http://users.utu.fi/totaha/sysimetsa/ar ... studio.png
Preparation
You can download Linux Mint 5 LTS from here:
http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lts.php
After installing the base system, do NOT install proprietary hardware drivers (graphics, wireless etc.). You can do it after upgrading to 64 Studio.
Upgrading to 64-Studio
Open terminal and code:
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sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
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## 64 Studio 3.0 +++
deb http://apt.64studio.com/backports hardy-backports main
Then the necessary 64 Studio packages have to be installed. This phase may take a longer time, according to the speed of your internet connection.
In the following, you can choose the default answer to all questions that are prompted in the terminal, except if it asks about installing unverified packages → choose Yes there.
Code (one line at the time + enter!):
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install 64studio-apt
sudo apt-get install sysv-rc=2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45.64studio1~hardy1
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo reboot
For any serious audio work you will need a realtime kernel. At the moment, the headers for 2.6.29 multimedia-rt-kernel are temporarily in harleystudio-repository, so code:
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sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
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deb http://apt.harleystudio.co.za/ hardy main
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
If you have 32-bit system, code:
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sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.29-1-multimedia-686 linux-headers-2.6.29-1-multimedia-686
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sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.29-1-multimedia-amd64 linux-headers-2.6.29-1-multimedia-amd64
Then some audio settings need to be tweaked. Open terminal and code:
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sudo gedit /etc/security/limits.conf
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@audio - rtprio 99
@audio - memlock unlimited
@audio - nice -10
Firmware & audio applications
64studio metapackage will bring a lot of useful audio applications and tweaks to your system:
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sudo apt-get install 64studio # (this will bring error 1 message, but necessary dependencies are installed)
sudo apt-get remove 64studio # (if you find a workaround, please tell!)
sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install alsa-firmware alsa-firmware-loaders alsa-tools alsa-tools-gui midisport-firmware
http://www.linuxaudio.org/members
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/Audio
To install (the bare minimum) of audio tools, code:
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sudo apt-get install ardour qsynth gnome-alsamixer jack-rack gcdmaster rosegarden hydrogen zynaddsubfx audacity jamin soundconverter seq24 vkeybd creox
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sudo apt-get install caps fil-plugins ladspa-sdk mcp-plugins omins tap-plugins
Then reboot with the new realtime-kernel 2.6.29:
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sudo reboot
Mint users should also re-activate the Elyssa stable repository that has been disabled by 64studio metapackage:
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sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ elyssa main upstream import
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sudo apt-get update
Hardware drivers
After finishing the upgrade process, you can try to install proprietary hardware drivers (graphics/wireless etc.) by booting up with the regular Ubuntu/Mint kernel (choose from GRUB) and selecting from the main menu:
Administration -> Hardware Drivers
ATTENTION! For audio work with realtime kernel, I strongly recommend to disable compiz (especially if you are using fglrx graphics driver).
Select:
Control center -> Appearance -> Visual effects -> Choose 'None'
If you definitely want to have desktop effects, you can enable Metacity compositing, which is lighter than compiz.
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gconf-editor
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If you want to contribute to improving this HowTo, please give your feedback!
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See 64 Studio forum for audio related community support:
http://www.64studio.com/forum
There are a bunch of tutorials for using JACK, VST and VSTi support (32-bit), installing Bristol synths, Reaper etc. at 64 Studio site:
http://www.64studio.com/tutorials
HowTo for installing a nice set of LEET plugins, including 8-band EQ:
http://www.64studio.com/node/892
Also this Toine's page on "all you need to know about hardware tweaking in a Ubuntu environment" provides useful tips&information:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ubunt ... reparation
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