[LAU] back on topic (ableton-like tools for linux)

[sonofzev at iinet.net.au]

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>On 09/01/2009 11:48 AM, Ray Rashif wrote:
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>  It's really a fun app, just like FL Studio. There're even people
>who're trying to rebrand and sell it.
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>  Anyway, it's not really "simple". I've been arranging my synth
>tracks all from within LMMS, including full support for my favourite
>VSTi. And that was without any SDK very early on. That is why I don't
>have Qtractor or Rosegarden in my workflow, and have grown accustomed
>to managing MIDI with a separate app in an ALSA-only session.
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>  With JACK and audio recording support, this will be just as
>promising as Ardour 3.
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>One thing that ardour, renoise, qtractor and lmms are missing when
>compared to AL is the sampler interface which is a core interface in
>the live performance model that AL provides.
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>Seems like a big omission to me that distances these apps quite
>severely from the AL model (for live performance) for anyone coming
>from that system. Probably also why some people compare lmms to fruity
>loops instead of AL.
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>I imagine it implies the apps are not designed for live object/sample
>based performance for AL users.
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that's exactly the issue.. and a question I have to keep asking myself.. If my
Akai MPC dies.. (it's nearly 10 years old) do I go to another OS (probably the
fruity one based on BSD)... for Ableton or do I stay on the hardware side
(especially for Live performance)and not have to rethink my entire strategy...  


I think LMMS is starting to approach Reason, which is definitely more studio
oriented than live oriented....  

A simpler solution would be something akin to rolands variphrase/varisampler
functionality being built into linux sampler.. which could be driven by seq24...
 definitely not a full blown AL replacement but quite neat..