Hi, > 2) I am a user of BOTH MIDI and audio. Rosegarden is > pretty much MIDI only. > Their audio solution won't begin to match what you > are used to on the PC > side. Ardour is completely audio. It has no MIDI > solution. The main point is > that this has not changed much since last September, > so I don't expect it to > change very quickly. I could be wrong, but I don't > expect it. Linux > developers are generally unpaid and things don't > move as fast as the $$$ > world. I think a development worth observing is Jack O'Quin's jack_transport work. As jack clients incorporate his work syncronization of clients should become drop dead easy. What I find encouraging about linux based audio is the freedom--not the free of financial costs. In a free development model users are encouraged to request that their favorite jack clients incorporate jack_transport. When developers don't place a priority on requested features cash donations can be offered. These cash donations are excellent investments because they inherit the attached freedom and become available to everyone. As the user community grows, more features should be requested and paid for. I don't think linux audio solutions are all things to all people, yet! However, I am hopeful that developments during the next couple years will cause us to become more productive and creative than the proprietary communities. I think jackd and libsndfile are excellent testaments for the practicality of freedom. It's encouaging to see developers of distinct solutions work towards common interests. My partners and I have four distinct production systems in our studio; 32 track ADAT, standalone hdr/daw, mac-digital performer and linux. We've owned several other tape based solutions. As an engineer studio owner, the only one I am inspired to invest time and money into is linux. My partners and I have been running our studio since 1983/84. During that time I never had a developer give me any meaningful time until I stumbled upon the linux audio community. I think linux audio will become more immediately gratifying with time. Meanwhile, it requires vision and persistance. > I think that Muse is a very capable program, and > really the only solution > today IF you depend on BOTH audio and MIDI. Mark, what about syncing ardour and rosegarden or other midi apps? That's my intention. I suspect this will be feasible soon. Have you been following the jack_transport developments? BTW, it's good to see you getting into the game with the HDSP card. :) It's > interface isn't too bad, > although I always feel like I'm in an Excel > spreadsheet trying to make music > when I use it, but it's a well designed program for > what it is. > > On my side I've given up completely, for the > foreseeable future, using Linux > as the main creative platform. I need Pro Tools or > Cubase SX/SL to do what I > want to do. However, I am using Linux as an > amazingly wonderful audio > routing and mixing platform between all my sound > sources and PCs, as well as > utilizing a lot of really great little processing > apps (freqtweak, tapiir > and Jamin) along with Linux soft synths. I'm pretty good at learning to work with the tools that are available--whether linux or other. Of course there are points where that's not enough. ron > As Robert said, go slow, don't set your immediate > goals too high, and make > sure the tools are really designed to do what you > need them to do. The good > Linux tools are really great! > > Cheers, > Mark > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
