| Gavin W. Burris on 25 Jan 2011 06:34:54 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] linux music hw/sw |
There's a Linux tag, too. :) http://createdigitalmusic.com/tag/linux/ On 01/25/2011 09:33 AM, Gavin W. Burris wrote: > Bhaskar, > > This is the best source I've found for the really interesting things > going on in the digital music arena. It covers everything from > synthesizers, to hardware hacking, to midi control surfaces, to software > programming: > http://createdigitalmusic.com > > Particularly, you will be interested in the open-source tag: > http://createdigitalmusic.com/tag/open-source/ > > Good stuff there. > > On 01/24/2011 07:08 PM, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: >> Thanks, Daniel and Michael. >> >> If he gets anywhere with this project, I'll post a follow up to the list. >> >> Regards >> -- Bhaskar >> >> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Michael Lazin <microlaser@gmail.com >> <mailto:microlaser@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> You may wish to have him try Ubuntu studio. It works great with the >> M-Audio card I mentioned, and has all kinds of music production >> goodies, plus the low latency realtime kernel. Just be aware there >> is no support for M-audio with Pulseaudio, you'll need to remove it >> and use alsa. "apt-get autoremove pulseaudio" >> >> >> If you don't like alsa oss4 also works nicely. You might want to >> have him try hydrogen. It's a great open source drum >> machine/sequencer and it's lots of fun. >> >> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Daniel Toliaferro >> <d.toliaferro@gmail.com <mailto:d.toliaferro@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Qtractor is really good. It supports all manner of plugins, even >> Windows VSTs through Wine. Also, the recently popular Win/Mac >> DAW REAPER runs under Wine. >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:11 AM, K.S. Bhaskar >> <bhaskar@bhaskars.com <mailto:bhaskar@bhaskars.com>> wrote: >> >> Thanks, Jeff. I did poke around linux-sound.org >> <http://linux-sound.org> over the weekend. >> >> Regards >> -- Bhaskar >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:44 AM, jeff <jeffv@op.net >> <mailto:jeffv@op.net>> wrote: >> >> http://www.linux-sound.org/ >> This is a very good site if you're gonna stick with >> linux only. >> >> My understanding is that the `pros' use ProTools, which >> is primarily Mac but has been ported to Win. Naturally >> there is no linux version. >> >> LMMS is a very interesting all-in-one linux program that >> should do most, if not all of what your son is looking >> for. Hydrogen is a really cool drum sequencer. >> >> On the Win side, Cakewalk and Sonar are very popular. >> >> You can use an external USB adapter or an add-in card to >> get the information to and from the computer. I'm >> pretty sure the card is the better way to go, resourcewise. >> >> The external boxes start around $89. M-Audio and Tascam >> start in that range and the prices go up with features >> and inputs. >> >> In an almost related vein, I just read that someone got >> Guitar Rig running through WINE. It's a very >> interesting amp/effects emulator for guitar and bass. >> There's a less intensive linux program called Rakarrack >> (or something like that - it's in Ubuntu repositories) >> that does all sorts of emulation. Might do more effects >> than amps - I'm not sure. >> >> JACK is your friend. >> >> >> Good luck. >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- >> http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Windows does to computers what smoking does to humans >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- >> http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- >> http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Lazin >> >> to gar auto estin noein te kai ennai >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- >> http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Windows does to computers what smoking does to humans >> >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Gavin W. 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