Beginner needs help with JACK and PulseAudio/ALSA

Installation & Configuration Linux
#1

Hello,

I am completely new to Linux audio configuration.

My goal is to be able to transcribe songs using the following:

  1. getting Electric bass sound using APC Key 25 MIDI controller with Ardour 5.12.0 while
  2. simultaneously listening to playback of slowed-down tracks using software like PlayItSlowly or Transcribe!.

I have been trying to accomplish this for the last couple of days using Ardour forums and Stack Exchange with no success.

I also have a Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 USB audio interface if that may be of any help in setting this system up.

Any ideas?

Thank you

#2

Hi,
IIRC, Playitslowly has a wav export function. You could then import the wav inside Ardour for further work.
Regards

#3

Any particular reason you want to use Ardour for that? Seems like you should be able to use a soft-synth and the transcription software playing through PulseAudio. Ardour is a great DAW, but if you do not want to record and manipulate audio then it seems like a needless complication if you just want to play a synthesizer and an audio application at the same time.