On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 14:30, Conrad Newton wrote: > > Within the audio category, it is obvious that > I should have a CD player (kscd), a CD-burner (k3b), > and an mp3/ogg player (xmms). I also want to have > some music editing software, and I have identified > the following programs as potentially interesting > > ardour > audacity > muse > rosegarden4 > I use both Ardour and Audacity for audio. Ardour is a professional grade multitrack recording system. Basically a counterpoint to ProTools on Windoze. The latest release is really stable. So what would I recommend? If you don't have sound cards with more than two inputs or you're not interested in multitrack recording (although Audacity will do this at a very basic level) you probably want to go with Audacity. I think that for your stated goals Ardour is too complex a tool. Which one do I use the most and like the best? Ardour. I believe that muse and rosegarden are used mostly for MIDI about which I know next to nothing so I can't give you any advice on that. Jan
