On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 01:47:45PM -0700, jim wrote: > > any body willing to help me out in san francisco? > the project is to set up a recording and sequencing > system for scratch (semi-pro-quality) recording. > i'm an out of work musician but none-the-less > willing to pay money. > > problems include: > * determine the right computer to buy > for example: buy a tower or a laptop or both? if a > tower, what expansion cards to buy? > * determine what software to use > * determine i/o and other hardware > * how to drive a roland X10, other roland digital > keyboard? > what other external hardware to buy? drum machine? > other music instrument hardware? (i like having > instrument voices in external hardware so's not to > burden the CPU of the computer running recording or > sequencing software.) > * use existing pro-tools recordings on the new linux > system > > hopefully, > jim > PS: music store people i've talked to have no clue about > linux stuff. > i have read reviews and other online info and cannot find > what i need: specifics to put a small, basic system > together (what CPU speed, RAM, storage... to buy; is there > reasonably good quality recording or sound generation or > audio playback stuff in expansion card form that works > with linux; are there necessary drivers or libraries that > are not obvious to someone new to setting up these systems; > what are the solutions to problems that typically come > with the specific hardware and software components...?). > > Wow, that's right up my alley. I'm in San Francisco and I spent 4 years gigging with a strictly Linux setup (mostly at the Boom Boom Room, Elbo Room, and the former Ti Couz, but all over town), as well as produced and mixed a CD using Linux (http://music.betterthanlahar.com/album/bench-seats-are-for-lovers ), plus tons of my own home-studio stuff. Some background here: http://www.restivo.org/blog/archives/category/geekery And lately I've stopped playing music but have been doing computer and software consulting including helping a friend upgrade his studio. So I'm definitely looking for this kind of work. AFAICT, if you're looking for someone with professional experience using Linux as an instrument and a studio, I'm pretty sure I'm the only person around here who's been doing that. Would be glad to help you out; email me off-list. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
