Re: [linux-audio-user] Software suitable for children

On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 11:21:40 +0100 Bengt Gördén <bengan(a)sunet.se> wrote: I haven't tried it yet personally but I've seen the video demos and the Freewheeling sequencer seems quite intuitive to use. Maybe not to setup (I don't know) but as far as using it, it looks fun and easy. Here is what the author of Freewheeling had to say this November: "I am especially interested in collaborating with people for whom music is a community-based process. What tools can we create to teach and encourage improvisation? How can we work with technology appropriately in a group setting? The tools that would come out of these questions would be fresh, because they turn the music production paradigm on its head." Home page and Videos: http://freewheeling.sourceforge.net/ Linux Journal (from last year) : http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8445 As for at home, it's probably like yours. My kids (9 and 11) are using Ardour and the Zyn synth. They start the system, start jack, etc... and use Ardour to record. They don't find it difficult to do for what they're doing. Heck, I don't even know what Ardour can do myself, apart from what I'm doing, which is to record parts, add effects, mix and export them. Looks like I'm using 10% of it. I'd sure would like it if Ardour had a better user interface as far as the effects are concerned. It's a real bummer to click on a low frequence eq to adjust it and suddenly hearing it go way high because some mouse movment was interpreted wrong. Not good for the speakers. Now I'm always bypassing an effect when making adjustements, and turn it on after it's done. I'll try to give Freewheeling a try this weekend. Re-reading about it makes it tempting to try. Cheers, Al