[linux-audio-user] cross platform FOSS audio software list

[Paul Davis]

On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 02:05 -0500, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> On 1/30/07, Chris McCormick <chris at mccormick.cx> wrote:
> > Alright, I'll have a look there and pick a few select apps to point
> > people at. I guess the main thing is that these people are academics
> > and practicioners, not tech people. They don't care or know about
> > compiling. They might have a hard time getting into something like Pd
> > or Csound even. I was hoping for a short list of apps like Audacity
> > which are user friendly and quickly understandable and Free and cross
> > platform. Things like Firefox that regular people will go "Wow, this
> > is Free!?"
> 
> These are the people I hang out with too.  I forgot an obvious one:
> ZynAddSubFX.  That's relatively mainstream friendly.  If you want
> friendlier than that, I think Audacity pretty much covers everything
> except stuff like CD players.  Lilypond is cross-platform, but again
> not very friendly.
> Ardour would be a great example, if it ran on Windows. 

ardour does run on windows. its just that if we told you how to get it
working, we'd have to kill you.

once a non-fatal method of trying it has been developed, and more
importantly once we figure out the support implications, we'll be sure
to let people know.

--p