On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 03:51:15PM +0800, Chris McCormick wrote: > Hi All, > > This is a request for information about which bit(s) of software > people would recommend for a particular musical workflow. I build > my synthesizers in Puredata and I have an uc33 controller to do knob > tweaking via midi. This Christmas my girlfriend is getting me a USB > midi keyboard and I'd like to start writing some 'live' tracks using > that. Puredata's strong point is not sequencing and notation, so what > I need is an application that I can send midi notes and controller data > through, which will remember them and pass them on to Puredata. Ideally I > could go back after playing a track live, and shift notes around, modify > controller envelopes etc. I am happy to do something like use vmidi > loopbacks or whatever. I'm on Debian and my preference is for something > that won't pull in too many wacky dependencies, but please don't let that > stop you suggesting something. I use Fluxbox and mostly Gtk based apps. > > Thanks very much for your time! > Seq24 would be my personal preference.. very good for loop-based and live sequencing. Or alternatively Muse or Rosegarden for more cubase/cakewalk-like sequencers. All are available with apt-get. James
