Is anyone here using linux for music production ?
What software is available, and is it any good ?
dont think its ready yet but there are some fairly powerful packages available.
look up audacity and rosegarden for starters
I read something on cubase.net about there being a viable alternative available..... Don't ask me to remember any more than that though
there are 'equivalent' packages available out there....
non are as mature or functional as the big boys on mac / pc.
lack of a standard for plugins etc doesnt help.
if you want support for VST or AU plugs, its a no go...
Search in google for The Agnula Project. That's a complete music production package for linux. As usual for free. I believe if you install wine you can also install most VSTi's.
Also checkout Rosegarden.
Greetz
subbass9
Subbass9 Wrote:Search in google for The Agnula Project. That's a complete music production package for linux. As usual for free. I believe if you install wine you can also install most VSTi's.
Also checkout Rosegarden.
Greetz
yeh but using Wine wont make those VST plugs available in native sequences unless im mistaken ?
and
indeed
rose garden and a vst host are pretty much running things on linux atm, but its still a ball ache to get the fuckers working if you know shit all about linux, also there is a low latency system called jack which these programs run with
Thanks all, Agnula and Rosegarden look promising.
And I just found out that there is a Linux version of
SuperCollider 
Oh, and
Subbass9
I really wanna switch to unix aswell.
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Thx for all the welcomes
Glad i could help.
Enjoy the linux
But if you're a windows user it might look a bit difficult at start. But it isn't, you just have to adapt to it, that's all.
Wired aims to be a professional music production and composition software running on Linux.
It brings musicians a complete studio environment to compose and record music without requiring expensive hardware.
Wired supports unlimited Audio/Midi tracks playback and recording, and introduces a Plugin system for instruments and effects. It can also read AKAI CDs and import 18 different Wave formats.
The following instruments and effects are being developed:
Loop sampler, with pitch shifting and time-stretching Beatbox with a new editing concept, to create reallistic and complex drum sequences MIDI controlled sampler, which can read AKAI program and sample files. High-pass, Low-pass and Notch filters Compressor/Limiter Delay.
First offical version has been released and is available at
http://bloodshed.net/wired.
wired looks interesting thx for the link!
and it comes with source code too which is cool
I will be keep up with this thread, because I am a open source / *nix
head. Peace.