[LAD] OT: Bitwig beta for Linux reviewed

Louigi Verona louigi.verona at gmail.com
Sun Mar 10 06:46:27 UTC 2013


I don't use LMMS to produce dronings. All-in-one sequencers are good for
grid-based music, sure. But grid-based music is not just techno, almost
every type of music except ambient is grid-based.

On Saturday, March 9, 2013, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-03-09 at 21:40 +0300, Louigi Verona wrote:
>> LMMS can be used to make any type of music, I do not see anything in
>> the software that limits it to either techno or just playing around. I
>> have made several genres with it and people like those tunes and don't
>> find them to be "just playing around". LMMS has got automation of any
>> parameter, great piano roll. It's only serious problem is that it
>> supports only LADSPA plugins and doing music without being able to add
>> more sophisticated things like good reverb and other effects is
>> uninspiring.
>
> To make recordings such as your Dronings would be more work for me when
> using software like LMMS, instead of software such as Qtractor and I
> guess I'm not an exception.
> They enforce a very unusual workflow. IMO there's a reason that
> Rosegarden, Ardour, Qtractor, Cubase, Logic etc. pp. have another
> design.
>
> I'm still limited with IOs, because my RME card is bad supported by
> Linux, but I already can loop in a reverb, so if it should be possible
> to add external gear, I don't care about software reverbs. I only used
> software reverbs, when I had no IOs to loop in a reverb.
>
> It's possible to make "good" music with a spoon, but more pleasant to
> play a grand piano instead of a spoon.
>
>> I tried EnergyXT, I did not like it at all, very raw software, I am
>> surprised anyone dares to ask money for it. However, to be fair, I
>> tried the demo version only.
>
> Until now I didn't test it myself, because I don't like demo versions.
> Usually demo versions can't be used to make real "test" productions. I'm
> not interested to install a hacked version and I only knew one person
> living far away, who used it and perhaps still does use it.
>
> Other proprietary software doesn't need demo versions, because many
> people do use it, it's not hard to get a chance to test such software,
> but energyXT isn't Pro Tools or Steinberg, so I expect a full version
> for test purpose.
>
>> Will Bitwig be released?
>
> Resp. when will it be released and really provide all it's advantages
> and how much will it be?
>
> I guess that Ardour, Rosegarden, Qtrator and Muse are the workstations
> that are interesting for me. When I was younger I made 24/7 music, today
> I don't touch an instrument for month, so I'm not in a hurry. If I
> should change my mind and become a musician again, I might use something
> Microsoft based or no computer. While I prefer Qtractor and Ardour 2, I
> don't exclude Ardour 3, Rosegarden and Muse, they are close to my needs
> too.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
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Louigi Verona
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