[linux-audio-user] Noob at Music ( me ), Noob at Computers ( friend )

[Patrick Shirkey]

Hi,

Did you check the quicktoots?

http://quicktoots.linuxaudio.org


Cheers.

William Kinghorn wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> I know about most of the packages ( dont know Frinika, hmmm or Om ).
> 
> I was hoping for a tutorial teaching me a bit about music and also a bit about using some of the software to create what had been taught in the tutorial. I don't want to become a musician, but I want to learn enough for my friend to get started. You never know, after playing around with the software I might want to become a musician, and start studying more, but right now my main aim is to teach him so that he can continue on his own.
> 
> William
> 
> 
> 
>>>> Andrew Lewis <alewis at systemsfusion.com> 07/26/06 9:18 AM >>>
> On Tuesday 25 July 2006 16:52, William Kinghorn wrote:
>> I am a Computer Technician and not music literate, my friend is a musician
>> and not computer literate. I am trying to show him music using open source.
>> Can anyone point me in the right direction, I need to learn enough about
>> music to show him how to do it.
> 
> The thing about producing music on Linux (indeed, on any platform) is there is 
> lots of choice/different ways to go about doing things, just have a look at 
> the catalog of tools here: http://linux-sound.org/
> 
> An appropriately configured kernel with realtime pre-emption can improve audio 
> performance but is not entirely necessary. How you can go about getting one 
> depends on your distro, some generic info here: 
> http://tapas.affenbande.org/?page_id=6
> 
> A nice simple all-in-one sort of package is LMMS, http://lmms.sourceforge.net/ 
> <- check a copy out of CVS and give it a try; although it has come a long way 
> in a short while both in terms of features and stability it's still not 
> entirely finished/stable... ;) Other all-in-one environments are BEAST, 
> Frinika, hmmm, what else?
> 
> Rosegarden is a relatively mature/stable MIDI sequencer with support for 
> DSSI/LADSPA (and VST via a DSSI container/wine). There are plenty modular 
> synths for Linux, of which Om is a good choice... Hydrogen is a nice 
> simple/mature drum machine ....
> 
> Bottom line is there is a lot of stuff which you might find useful, so you're 
> best off trying as much of it as possible, so you can at least find what 
> works best for you... :)
> 


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