<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div></div><div><br></div><div><br>On 24.10.2015, at 05:59, James Greenlee <<a href="mailto:james@madsonics.com">james@madsonics.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>While I haven't used it directly for anything serious, there's Ardour.<br><br>I'd recommend loading up a machine with Ubuntu Studio or similar (AVLinux, KX Studio, etc) and see what you can do. It'll cost you nothing. Ubuntu Studio comes with Ardour and quite a few plugins.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><br><div>On the iPad as well as on a Linux PC I prefer software similar to Ardour, e.g. Musicstudio, Qtractor, Rosegarden, however, taking a look at the free version of Garage Band, it seems to follow a completely different approach. Perhaps no Linux software comes close to Garage Band, but "a next step" might be taking a look at LMMS too.</div></div><div><br></div><div>LMMS has got another approach than Qtractor, Rosegarden, Ardour etc. and some users seem to prefer this workflow.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Ralf</div></body></html>