[I hope I won't get bashed on this one, as the program is notopen-source ; it is cheap though : v 1.x costs 39 euro ] If you are currently using Windows, and considering moving to Linux,why don't you have a look at this program :http://www.xt-hq.com/EnergyXT is a modular sequencer, it is very flexible and has a livemode, which you could find handy for triggering loops. It is currentlyWindows-only, but v2.0 - planned for "early 2006" - will be releasedon Linux. It will also be a VST host, for VSTs natively compiled onLinux. http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=114488&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=linux&start=0 Regards. On 1/26/06, Ismael Valladolid Torres <ivalladt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> Frank Barknecht escribe:> > Neither of these programs are intended to be clones of Acid or Ableton> > Live, so you will have to adapt your working style a bit or stay with> > Windows or mac for now.>> Using a powerful enough computer running Windows as a guest to QEMU> will certainly do the trick. I've tried ReBirth succesfully in the> past.>> Of course this is fairly different from using WINE, this is, you need> a Windows license to run it as a QEMU guest. Apart from the ACID> license, of course...>> Nevertheless as far as I know ACID is not available to Mac users as> any other Sony/Sound Forge product isn't either. And I find it> spectacularly precise but not so creative. Putting loops in a sampler> and triggering it using a keyboard is a lot funnier. :)>> Cordially, Ismael> --> Tout fourmille de commentaries, d'auteurs il en est grande cherté>> http://lamediahostia.blogspot.com/> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivalladt/>>>