On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 11:36:28AM -0600, Richard K. Ingalls wrote: > Hello list members! > > I'm new to this list and relatively new to Linux. > I discovered the power of Linux about 2 years > ago and began switching my school district over to > it (still migrating). I use only Linux for my > servers (web/email/proxy/file/backup/etc.). I've > setup two classroom labs using Linux as the > desktop. I'd like to look at using Linux in the > music lab (not yet created). So I found this > mailing list. > > I'm a keyboardist and MIDI user (since Cakewalk > first came out). I want to create a DAW (for my > home use as well as for school). I need it to do > MIDI and samples and record audio. I'm trying to > get a Delta 66 with Omni breakout box for the > soundcard, and maybe a Soundblaster Live (w EMU10K > chip) for the soundfonts. > > My questions to the list... > > 1) Are there Linux equivalents By "equivalent" I assume you mean "an application X on linux that has integrated all the major features of application Y on windows." For various historical, cultural, and practical reasons, this tends not to be the way that linux audio developers work. > to Reason, not in one app. for equivalent functionality: You could build your own with PD! Or you can run hydrogen, seq24, jack-rack, and any number of soft synths at the same time. It's fun - except for restoring sessions later which you have to do largely by hand or with shell scripts, a major pain in the butt. This is an issue that will hopefully improve as more developers adopt LADCCA. > Sonar, not in one app. ardour + rosegarden4 / muse / seq24 + jack rack + various soft synths. Same session management problem as above. > FruityLoops, no. > Cubase maybe. try Muse and Rosegarden4. > ProTools You should really check out the latest Ardour beta. > 2) Is anyone using dual processors (maybe PIII 500 > Mhz) successfully? not me, but several of us are. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com Look! Up in the sky! It's IAMBIC CLOWN ALPHA! (random hero from isometric.spaceninja.com)
