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  • Compiling latest Ardour 5.12 using the How to Compile and Install Ardour on Ubuntu Linux from Source Code for Free works nicely for me.
  • There are Audio devices, that create a deadlock with Jack audio server. In my case: Jabra Speak 410.
  • An audio device, that works nicely, is a Zoom H6. And you can connect proper XLR mics to it. (That can be tricky in itself, depending on the phantom power needed, but that is a different story.)
  • If you use a Zoom H6 as an audio interface, direct monitoring is enabled by default. You want to disable this, because you want to monitor the Ardour monitor signal. This can be done at: [Menu] - [Input&OUTPUT] - [Direct-Monitor]
  • It's super important to have Jack startet with a sampling rate of 48kHz, otherwise the Studio Link inbound connections create clicking noises
  • Every now and then I don't get any output back to the Zoom. The only way to fix this is to dump the Ardour project all together and create a new one. Creating new audio tracks doesn't help for me.
  • The Studio Link plugin does automatic N-1 Routing, there is no need to configure this. Don't be confused as the outgoing N-1 signals are not displayed in the outgoing faders of the Studio Link plugin browser window.
  • Sometime I heared a weird echo, that's happening, when input to audio track Stefan is set to capture_1 AND capture_2. One of the two is enough. So the number below track name Stefan should read 1 or 2, but not *2*.
  • Once I shut off the Zoom H6, I cannot start up Jack again. So don't forget to start the Zoom to be able to start Jack. There is no plug and play here for audio devices.
  • You can actually create stereo busses for the incoming Studio Link calls, if you really want to (see screenshot below).
  • All routing matrix entries I set are shown below in screenshots.
  • The Calf Plugins are awesome: http://calf-studio-gear.org/ and freely available
  • There is also the huge collection of Ubuntustudio-Audio-plugins
    sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-audio-plugins calf-plugins
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