>>This only audio *and* midi program I used was muse. The midi part of the >>program is wonderful and even has "built-in" softsynths. I've never had >>success with the "live" (audio) recording capabilities. > I'm sure you have said what the problem was earlier but I'd be happy for a > refresh of memory. Getting old, my memory isn't what it used to be ;) From what I remember, recording was really "noisy". There was static sounds. I also couldn't get a good volume level no matter what I did. And this next thing isn't (as) important, but it just seemed very (un)intuitive. I can't remember how I recorded audio. It just (all around) didn't seem to work very well. I just figured out how to create WAV's with ecasound (and use a preset that plays a metronome track while you record) and then import the WAV file into Muse. The WAV file that was created in ecasound synced up with Muse's metronome *perfectly* (I know becaue I recorded ecasound's metronome to a WAV file and played it along with the metronome in Muse). The "beeps" on the WAV file ran in *perfect* sync with Muse's metronome for 4 minutes!!! It didn't slip for a second. I then recorded a guitar and vocal track in ecasound (using ecasound's metronome as a timing guide) then imported them into muse and it ran in perfect sync with Muse's metronome. I have a bunch of linux/audio projects like this one going at the time. I (almost) posted the step-by-step approach I used, but I ran out of time tonight and have to get back to it tomarrow. Besides, it wasn't complete anyways. >>And the newest >>version just wouldn't compile on my computer. > Do you know what the error is/was ? Man... I'm so confused. It seems to me that I *did* have it running. Because I remember being affected by the qt3 bug (WAV files would play thru once and not play again). So I must have had it installed at some point. Because the version that came with SuSE 9.0 (Professional) doesn't have that bug (version 0.6.1). So I must have had the latest version installed at some point. I ended up intalled SuSE's version of muse. And I'm glad I did because of the "work-around" that I mentioned (in the above message). While were on the subject... I'm courious why none of the built in synths in muse allow for panning? I mean, each soft synth can be panned with the mixer. But *no* individual instruments on *any* of the softsynths can be panned seperatly. It's a shame because the built-in synth called "Fluid" (not "FluidSynth"... just "Fluid") sounds a lot better than FluidSynth *or* timidity. I'd really like to use "Fluid" but just can't see not being able to have control over each instruments volume and planning. I even started up Muse and connected SoundFontCombi (SoftSynth mixer) up to "Fluid" and had no control over the panning of instruments. Rocco
