[LAU] "Laid to rest is Pro Tools LE"...

[david]

Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
> On 03/02/2011 06:57 PM, Kim Cascone wrote:
>>> As for tweaking conf
>>> files, at the moment there are very few files you might have to tweak,
>>> /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf (or /etc/security/limits.conf) for the
>>> necessary permissions, maybe /etc/systcl.conf for some performance gain
>>> and /etc/fstab to add noatime to the necessary mounts.
>> yeah thanks, been there - done that -- sorry but that statement right
>> there is why most people working in music won't come anywhere near Linux
>> for production
> 
> Sorry Kim, I didn't want to sound patronizing :( There are people
> working on making it easier to set this up, I've seen some mock-ups for
> Ubuntu Studio and Filipe Coelho from KX Studio is working on something
> similar too.

The Live CD version of Musix 2.0 handles things very well, including a 
bunch of demos that somehow start up assorted synths, drum machines, and 
open Rosegarden with a demo file all set up. You click the icon for the 
demo on the GUI program tree, the various things open up, then you click 
the Start button on RG's Transport bar and everything plays. They have 
similar demos for other audio software it comes with. (Musix is made by 
musicians, not computer geeks.)

Also, current versions of RG automatically setup RT-related security 
permissions when you install RG.

The only live Linux audio distros I've felt the urge to "tweak" were the 
many Ubuntu-derivatives that didn't include RT kernels. Mostly 
everything just worked.

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