[linux-audio-user] The BIG picture

[Patrick Shirkey]

Paul Davis wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 21:37 -0500, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
>> On 12/21/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 19:41 -0500, lanas wrote:
>>>> 2) The WHOLE thing
>>>>
>>>>      That is, to plug in the keyboard in the MIDI port.  To record
>>>>      and/or sequence a track or two or three.  To mike the guitar or
>>>>      accoustic bass or flute or sax or whatever and add tracks.  To
>>>>      have mixing techniques that takes into consideration sound
>>>>      characteristics.  To have mixdown techniques that promotes a
>>>>      leveled approach to 'sound' mix.
>>>>
>>> Get a good book on doing this stuff with Pro Tools - the vast majority
>>> of the material will be relevant to Ardour.
>> I can't speak for either of these programs, but I have not found this
>> true with other proprietary-free program combinations.  The majority
>> of professionals still use Mac, and expensive software.
> 
> curiously, the first of these claims is not true in the broadcast
> market, where for some reasons windows seems to have come to dominate.
> 

Isn't that because of the networking requirements in a radio/TV studio?

BTW the original poster can check out the quicktoots for a big picture 
of how to set up a system. I believe we cover everything he has asked 
for there. If not a report beck here might spur someone to contribute 
the missing part...

http://quicktoots.linuxaudio.org

Cheers.

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Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd.
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Http://lau.linuxaudio.org - The Linux Audio Users guide
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