[linux-audio-user] New To List

Chris Share cpsmusic at labyrinth.net.au
Wed Aug 20 00:02:01 EDT 2003


Hi Mark,

Thanks for the info. I've already had a look at Planet CCRMA. Once I get 
Red Hat up and running it'll be my first port of call!

Cheers,

Chris

At 01:31 PM 8/20/03, Mark Knecht wrote:

>On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 20:20, Chris Share wrote:
> > Hi,
>
>Welcome
> >
> > After reading an article about Linux and music in Sound On Sound recently,
> > I thought I'd take the plunge and begin moving my music studio to Linux.
> > Currently I'm using an Athlon XP-based PC and a PowerMac 7600/200. The PC
> > contains a Hoontech DSP24 Value card and an MPU-401 style MIDI interface
> > that I put together myself. The Mac contains a Yamaha SW1000 card and an
> > Opcode MIDI interface. My main music software is Cubase, although I've 
> used
> > tons of other music software over the years.
>
>Sounds familiar!
> >
> > The main programs I'm interested using are Rosegarden and Ardour, although
> > I'm also interested in looking at some of the softsynth stuff too.
>
>Great programs to start with. Having shosen them you seem to know about
>Jack at this point, so that's good.
>
> >
> > I work as a technical writer and have written some music software for Mac
> > and PC (CS1 Background Edit) so I'm fairly computer literate. However, I
> > have no experience with Linux.
> >
> > Initially, I installed Debian on my PC, however it didn't get along 
> with my
> > TFT monitor. I've since bought Red Hat 9.0. Which I'm just about to
> > install. Hopefully it will be a bit easier to use!
>
>Much easier, in the sense that you have a really great resource at your
>service - Planet CCRMA - totally easy to bring up all of these apps in a
>single evening using the service that Standford and Fernando provide.
>
>http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/
>
> >
> > Before I begin the installation I was wondering if someone could fill 
> me in
> > on the current state of ALSA. I've had a quick look at some of the How-Tos
> > however I'm not clear on how up-to-date they are.
>
>Alsa will be installed for you under the Planet flow. Fernando keeps it
>quite up to date.
>
> >
> > I'm currently looking at getting a new soundcard--the Hoontech was really
> > only a temporary measure to get sound out of the PC. Unfortunately, it
> > seems that the SW1000 won't ever be supported so it's not much use.
> >
> > I'd like a card with balanced 24-bit analog I/O and SPDIF I/O. The MiaMIDI
> > card seems to have these features. Does anyone have experience with this
> > card on a Linux system?
> >
> > I also thought that a Delta66 would be suitable too.
>
>I'll let others help you there. I'm using RME cards, but I use external
>A/D-D/A
>
>Best of luck. It's a fun, but brave new world.
>
>Cheers,
>Mark





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