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dawidmt

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Registered: 2011-01-16

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Good software for music creation (?)

I'm interested in ametour music creation on linux. I sometimes record some stuff with guitar using jack server, ardour and tuxguitar with fluidsynth for drums. Can you recommend me any other good quality software connected with music creation (virtual pluigns, instruments and other..). I know that there are quite a lot of audio applications, but i need to know which are most usable and noteworthy.

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pskept

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Re: Good software for music creation (?)

i recommend checking out this site:

http://www.linux-sound.org/

on there you can find links to live cds that have loads of linux audio software on them.

Xyne

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Re: Good software for music creation (?)

LMMS is a good FL Studio clone. I find it fairly intuitive and feature-rich, but I haven't done much with it so I only have a relatively superficial impression.

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chris-kun

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Re: Good software for music creation (?)

Renoise!

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dawidmt

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Re: Good software for music creation (?)

Thank you very much for the site adress (http://www.linux-sound.org/).
Is it possible to record a really good quality music with opensource/freeware programs (of course using good hardware). Are they very limited in comparsion with expensive software?

BTW. Maybe someone can help. If I have keyboards (synthesizer, i don't  know how to call it in english.. ) and connect it's midi output to midi (joystick) input in computer, would I be able to record things that i play on keyboards with midi samples from my computer (i am using onboard sound card so far, if it matters)?

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student975

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Re: Good software for music creation (?)

@dawidmt

On your place I would definitely subsribed to this mailing list: http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user

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sand_man

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Re: Good software for music creation (?)

zynaddsubfx/yoshimi 'nuff said

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archman-cro

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Re: Good software for music creation (?)

Is it possible to record a really good quality music with opensource/freeware programs (of course using good hardware). Are they very limited in comparsion with expensive software?

Sure it is possible. You should use a nice audio card and everyting else is just your skill and imagination. All apps record similarly, I guess. It's up to you to mix everything in. Using Cubase ($$$) over REAPER (it's not free but it's free) makes no advantage for you if you don't know what you're doing.

dakt

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Re: Good software for music creation (?)

You should ask sound people for that...I know that the usual complain is a latency which can be fixed by some RT patches or CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT???

dawidmt

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Re: Good software for music creation (?)

As it happens i have no problem with setting jack to low latency - works good for me with 3ms output letency. I read somewhere that linux kernel since 2.6.30 version have realtime pathes applied by default, but i don't sure.

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archman-cro

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Re: Good software for music creation (?)

Yeah, I don't need any realtime magic for my work, either. Although that might become fishy if I ever used hundreds of tracks...

STEELBAS

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Re: Good software for music creation (?)

If you are capable of reading music notation, Rosegarden can be worth your while

hellomynameisphil

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Re: Good software for music creation (?)

Renoise!

+1. Renoise is fantastic, but the tracker concept is not for everyone. Still, check out Hunz's 'Thoughts that Move' to see what is possible.

teh

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Re: Good software for music creation (?)

For drumming:
Hydrogen, and this blog: http://briansbedroom.org/category/hydrogen/

For "Synthing":
Qsynth (fluidsynth).

For Mastering:
JAMin.

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