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CrocoDuck wrote:

Gulliver wrote:Ok, so I started reaper. Selected ALSA, then Scarlett. Tried recording and nothing is being recorded. It stands still. Nothing moves. Also, I tried to select the port I'm using. Mono / and then here it's line in 1 and line in 2. But instead, nothing is listed.

I got some rough edges to when trying to use ALSA directly with reaper. What happens if you start Jack (with you Scarlett configured as device) and then start reaper, go to the preferences, and select JACK? That works pretty good for me.

Ok, so I started jackctl / setup / interface / 2i2

Gulliver wrote:And here whatever I choose under "audio", in the I/O 2i2 is not listed. I don't even see Jack listed anywhere in reaper.

CrocoDuck wrote:

Gulliver wrote:And here whatever I choose under "audio", in the I/O 2i2 is not listed. I don't even see Jack listed anywhere in reaper.

I did a small video illustrating how I do it with my Scarlett 2i4, you can find it here.

Set up JACK to use your Scarlett and start it.

Launch reaper, go to the options and select JACK under Audio > Devices.

Your scarlett channels are labelled ad system in the qjackctl connections window. They should be connected automatically. If not, connect them as shown (my Scarlett as 4 outputs, but the concept is the same).

CrocoDuck wrote:Check this.

Gulliver wrote:

CrocoDuck wrote:Check this.

Thanks, that's great!

Gulliver wrote:How can I make it open by double click? Can't I put reaper among the other applications? And start it as any other app?

Gulliver wrote:No link to update firefox from there. So I visited firefox.com and downloaded the tarball. Extracted it. There is no ubuntu executable in the folder. This would be simply task on windows. Perhaps 1 minute. On linux I could not even finish this task and have to ask for help. Mind boggling. What am I doing wrong again?

CrocoDuck wrote:

Gulliver wrote:How can I make it open by double click? Can't I put reaper among the other applications? And start it as any other app?

We can do all of this, but first update us with what Ubuntu flavor and version you are running, so that we can give the most efficient solution.

Gulliver wrote:No link to update firefox from there. So I visited firefox.com and downloaded the tarball. Extracted it. There is no ubuntu executable in the folder. This would be simply task on windows. Perhaps 1 minute. On linux I could not even finish this task and have to ask for help. Mind boggling. What am I doing wrong again?

As I mentioned earlier, on Linux we prefer packages. Each distro has a repository online into which different programs get packaged. Then, from your computer, you can fetch them. The package manager in your system takes care of installing the packages, but also of keeping them updated.

On win you would go online and download your program. On Linux, we prefer to use the package manager (or a graphical front end for it) to install the program from the repos. This has the following advantage: as soon as an update is pushed on the repos then you will have it automatically when you update your system. So, you install stuff and then forget about having to go installing the new version every few months or so: the new version for every program installed through the repos comes with the regular updates as soon as it is available in the repos. In few words: on most Linux distros updates are not limited to the system, but also to the applications (if they are installed through the repos).

Now, few distros (like Ubuntu) lag a little bit behind: the software in the repo sometimes is not at the most recent version as the uptream one. There are various ways to get the version you need, but to better direct you we need to know what Ubuntu flavor you are running (Xubuntu? Ubuntu Studio? Regular Ubuntu?) and what version.

I know it looks strange, but pretty much Linux works like this: hard to get used to, but very simple and convenient to use once you get your head around it. I am serious: every time I use Windows or Mac OS I feel like those are the inconvenient and quirky ones.

Win instead looks like this: easy to grasp, but you never get any real productivity gain as you understand it better.

Anyway, that's only my personal take. It might be different for you, but I am glad you are keeping on trying

Gulliver wrote:it doesn't how do I work around it to run it like I run any other apps, I want to have it's shortcut in the deck and with one click run it.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Reaper
Comment=Multitrack hard disk recorder
Exec=/home/crocoduck/Downloads/reaper550rc13_linux_x86_64/reaper_linux_x86_64/REAPER/reaper5
Icon=/home/crocoduck/Downloads/reaper550rc13_linux_x86_64/reaper_linux_x86_64/REAPER/Resources/main.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
X-MultipleArgs=false
Categories=GTK;Audio;AudioVideoEditing;AudioVideo;Video;

sudo mv reaper.desktop /usr/share/applications/reaper.desktop

Gulliver wrote:Thanks. I tried as per your description and when I tried to move the .desktop file to the applications folder I was told I can't do that. Even though I'm the admin.

sudo mv reaper.desktop /usr/share/applications/reaper.desktop

Gulliver wrote:how do I work around it to run it like I run any other apps,
I want to have it's shortcut in the deck and with one click run it.

CrocoDuck wrote: Only root can move files in there. In Linux you need to acquire root privileges to do operation is system folders. Root is the only real Admin. To acquire root privileges for your regular user you need sudo. Did you try this command?

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sudo mv reaper.desktop /usr/share/applications/reaper.desktop

This should definitively do. Why there are super user privileges and administrators have not total rights? Because in that way system management becomes dangerous and the system easy to maliciously exploit.