On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 21:45, Iv?n Almada wrote: > hi, ive been making music for 5 yrs with the > computer, ive been using virtual sequencer + sampler > configurations (cubase + halion) i just love making > music this way (i dont use synths a lot, when i use > them i render them to .wav and load it in a sampler) , > i bought a creative labs audigy card for using the > software sampler in realtime using the asio driver > with my midi keyboard (yamaha DSR-500, very old but > with midi!) and a dual head graphics card (ati radeon > 7000)... ive been using it in windows with dual > screens and just love the way dual screen works in a > virtual studio... so, what i want to do is totally > dump windows and start making music in linux i totally > love this os , so i installed fedora core 2 with the > all the planet ccrma tweaks and apps... i think i have > a decent setup now, alsa, jack bla bla bla , i also > have a decent computer (i guess) athlon xp 1700+ with > 640 mb ram (or something like that) ... > > so, i have several questions: > > > 1) Which software combination do you recommend for > using a sequencer and a sampler? ive been using > rosegarden, and i think its excellent but i havent > found a way to hook up a virtual sampler, and i > really need one!!! (have my own custom wav sample > library ive been making all these years) > is there any dssi sampler or something like that??? > or maybe should i mess with the muse softsynth api ? > > or it would be better to use an external soft sampler > like specimen??? any one knows other programs? > > or should i use a tracker and render to wav and load > it in rosegarden or perhaps ardour??? > > or should i use soundfonts (ive never tried) and send > midi data to the audigy wavetable? (thats the last > option for me i guess... ive never really liked sf > though ive never tried them really... i just like to > make it all in a soft sampler) but if its needed then > ill use this as last resort... Another benign desperate plea for linux sampler? ;) Seems your well into whats out there already...and I'm sure you have already seen this page but just in case... http://linux-sound.org/ I don't know Swami's complete capabilities...it is primarily a sf editor I think but it did have the ability to tie with fluidsynth I think... > > or maybe should i buy an external harware sampler ??? > > any people with the same problem??? > > > the second question: > > 2) how can i make 8th note shuffle in rosegarden > sequencer?? are there anyways to create offbeat > patterns??? this function is so important in my music. > > the third and last question: > > 3) any one knows how to setup the dual head monitor > configuration? ive been trying to setup but failed... > i have both monitors showing the same screen... what i > really want is the Big Desktop extended in both > monitors so i can use a sequencer in one and another > program in the other... i think this is called > xinerama in linux... i just cant configure it... > > > thanks in advance (for the patience reading this mail) > but i really want to setup my studio in linux... > i only use windows for audio apps but i have to boot > another hd and i also want to fully dump win32... i > want to make music with open source tools... i know > may be everthing is not as developed as in the win > world but i am willing to accept drawbacks like having > to configure everything by hand (a typical musician > just want to use the tools and not worry about how the > configuration) and trying to optimize your work > (typically i just load as many vst synths as i need in > my song i usually dont worry about cpu load and > rendering everything to .wav ) im very excited about > this excellent apps growing up and getting more stable > like rosegarden and ardour... and being able to > compose music with the opensource philosophy... > > ivan. > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > La mejor conexi?n a internet y 25MB extra a tu correo por $100 al mes. http://net.yahoo.com.mx