<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15614">Hi Karen,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15613"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15533" dir="ltr">To make long story short, yes Debian is rock solid but it's a real time investment</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15612" dir="ltr">to turn it into an audio workstation, you might prefer to install something like</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15731" dir="ltr">AVLinux, it's Debian based with everything optimized for music.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15730" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15611" dir="ltr">Beside, question is "how many in/out ports do you need in the soundcard"?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15532" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15609" dir="ltr">And, what is the keyboard, do you own it yet?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15773" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15886" dir="ltr">Have a nice sunday,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15887" dir="ltr">Fred<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15473"><span></span></div><br> <blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15477" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15476" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15475" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15474" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15717" size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15478" face="Arial" size="2"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15760"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15759" style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> audio users linux <linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> Dimanche 26 juillet 2015 3h31<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> [LAU] outfitting a computer for songwriting in linux?<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437882797500_15506" class="y_msg_container"><br>Hi All,<br>I've been a reader on the list for a while, not a poster until now.<br>I am preparing to outfit a computer for songwriting in Linux.<br>I will be using the command line notation options, of which there are <br>rather <br>a few from Lillypond to muscript.<br>I am hoping that how I picture this will match the creative reality smiles.<br>My first question is this.<br>some high end soundcards that are supported in Debian? I know its been <br>updated, but I intend using squeeze for a start. Getting the floor solid <br>before say adding updated furniture.<br>While I know that four duplex cards are common, I want the best quality I <br>can find for the work.<br> say if you <hope this makes sense> wanted to connect a full sized piano <br>keyboard to the card?<br>Thanks in advance,<br>Karen<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Linux-audio-user mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org" href="mailto:Linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org">Linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user" target="_blank">http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div></body></html>