I'm confused here! I made this track wholly on open source systems. www.web-links.net/ogg I see no reason for it be known as Linux. Even burning and printing the CD sleeve was all Open source. We have to try prove that OS is a viable system for producing good music. As regards a good drummer just set them up and record them into your multi track of choice. Cheers Bob Sampo Savolainen wrote: >On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 14:28 +0300, Juhana Sadeharju wrote: > > >>The quotes were in wrong place. Here is a suggestion: >> Music "made with Linux"! >> >>I would like to see less Linux used as a simple recorder >>and more Linux used as a virtual studio, every gear being >>a software. >> >> > >Why on earth? People should use the tools they feel comfortable with. >Why limit yourself to "the software which runs on this platform"? > > > >>So, if you have a human drummer, try to get him to use Hydrogen >>and drum samples. If you have a commercial hardware synth, try >>replace it with Zynaddsubfx. And so on. >> >> > >I understand there would be some advertisement value to having music >which is "100% produced within Linux", but further than that it is a bit >short-sighted. > >Music is made with whatever floats your boat (or the musicians boat). >The more different kinds of boats you can anchor into your harbour >(=platform, here Linux) the more lucrative your harbour is. > >If we advertise, "here is music made completely in Linux, nothing else", >it undermines the fact that you can use external hardware effects, >synths, real drums, even some VSTs in Linux. Just like with the "big >boys". > >Music is not about the tools. Advertisements can be about the tools, >though.. :) > > > -- F R Smith Technical Admin http://www.Rokpacardiff.com
