I would like to put in another major plug for Planet CCRMA. All of the aforementioned packages (ardour, audacity, jamin') and many others can be installed in one fell apt-get install. You will have more music and video apps than you know what to do with! I have had great luck with a relatively inexpensive Delta 1010LT sound card. There are a few things to note with this - it allows simultaneous multitrack recording, includes 2 balanced XLR inputs and in addition has a MIDI port and SPDIF i/o. It is very well supported with Alsa and Jack, etc. It doesn't connect to your CD-ROM drive as far as I can tell, so playing a CD from the computer doesn't work (at least for me, unless I am missing something obvious) It is essentially a brain-dead install if you follow the directions on the CCRMA website! Essentially, in purchasing a relatively descent PCI sound card and installing the Planet CCRMA stuff, then you will still spend a tiny fraction of what an equivalent Windoze system might cost you. Just my opinion, I could be wrong. -Joe D On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 21:53, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 18:18, Jos Laake wrote: > > Hey! Thanks for all the great responses! This is my kind > > of mailing list! :-) Okay, I'm really serious about making > > some hellacious new music, so I'm diving into this... Here > > are some questions leading off the new info... > > Never said you could ASK questions...Just said Hi! :)) > > > > R Parker wrote: > > > Hi Jos, > > > There are numerous options but have a look at > > > http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/. It > > > works. I think you'll find what want. > > > > Wow. CCRMA...seems like some amazing work going on > > there. Okay, so I downloaded and installed the latest > > CCRMA kernel and the matching ALSA support. So far, > > it all seems to be working. The new kernel runs like a > > charm (2.4.26-1.11). Low latency is on. Things still work. > > > > So, now I have a tuned kernel and ALSA. Next... > > Mandrake has it swingin' too incase you want to dig around and try > something else. URPMI makes installing software pretty easy (things > NEVER compile well for me) and Thac's website ( rpm.nyvalls.se ) is just > brimming with all the latest and greatest stuff that he compiles and > packages just for ME...Er...us! :) > > > > > eviltwin69@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Welcome back! Check out my web site: > > > http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/ALSA_JACK_ARDOUR.html > > > > > > Ardour is the best multitrack available but it takes some setup > > > to get running. > > > I've documented the scratch setup on my web site (since you > > > already know your way around Linux this shouldn't be a problem). > > > > So, I went to the Ardour website and checked it out. Seems like > > ALSA/JACK/Ardour is a pretty good combination. But I'd like a > > little more input from folks who have tried this stuff. Any > > comparison tests out there among the various attempts at developing > > a Digital Audio Workstation? Ardour seems more robust than Audacity, > > yet Audacity seems easier to use. Is this just my newbie sense leading > > me astray or is my intuition telling me something? > > Allow me...Ardour and Audacity in my mind are like Gold and Chalk! Not > in the same league. Ardour is heading towards being able to compete with > the big'uns such as Cubase, Sonar, Pro Tools, etc. It's already there in > many ways but the developer(s) are still working on that to ripen it up! > Audacity is a neat "toy" to me. I don't have that much time with it and > I'm sure it's a good app. > > > > > Don't forget to check out JAMIn for > > > mastering (http://jamin.sourceforge.net/). > > > > I'll get to this a little bit later... ;-) > > Jamin is an AWESOME tool for mastering and such but it's a bit "hoggy" > on the cycles is all. To be expected from something with some boots on! > > > > > > > Pete Bessman wrote: > > > > > I don't have experience with the audio hardware you describe, but it's > > > not known for pro-quality in the Window's world, so I don't see why it > > > would be any different on Linux. Your other hardware specs sound to > > > be much more than sufficient. > > > > > > If you're interested in getting a new sound card, I'd recommend coming > > > up with a few candidates and then asking the list what they think of > > > them. > > > > So how about this one? - Creative Labs SoundBlaster MP3+ USB Audio unit > > Yeah, it's a cheapo, about 40 bucks at Fry's. Anybody using consumer > > grade stuff and getting decent (demo qulity) results? Or are the stock > > soundcards and/or motherboard sound units all crap? Remember, my last > > recordings were on reel-to-reel tape. I'm not looking for pro-studio > > 2-track ulti-bit quality here. I just wanna make cool music that > > sounds clean enough for my friends and fans to play in their car stereos > > and MP players. > > I have not messed with USB audio cards specifically. I do use a midiman > 2x2 USB midi interface with no probs...Frank has much on USB sound > devices...and none of it good! :) I don't think USB should be your > first choice but you dont need to spend big bux to do multi tracking. > It's really comes down to how many simultaneous In's 'n' outs you want. > If you just want to do track by track your in great shape with a > consumer card. I use SBlives, ESS Maestro3 and a Turtle Bitch...er > Beach. SBlive 5.1's are about $20.00 US (OEM) and get good latency for > the most part. > > > > > Okay, I'll bust it up and keep this short. I suppose I should pop over > > to Linux Audio *Developers* to ask about fine-tuning hard drives and > > interrupts, eh? ;-) > > > > Thanks for the quick feedback and input, y'all! > > I'm pretty much a noob myself. This is just my malformed personal > opinion and there are many folks that have forgotten more in the last > week than I have learned in a year of Linux Audio. > > R~ > > > > > ~Jos~ > > >
