Re: [linux-audio-user] Acid for Linux ?

I think ardour is really getting closest to an acid clode, I used to use acid and came up with some very nice tunes a few years ago, so I know the interface well, terminatorX had some of its features, but it a loop player, while Acid lets you paint loops in with a little brush. If you really want to see that functionality, send Paul Davis a generous donation so he can keep working on ardour! tX does have automated beatmatching capability and can alter both tempo and pitch, it really has some features that Acid lacks, but its really for playing back loops or tracks and scratching/djing, rather than sequencing loops and sample hits. For me, I thought that acid is a little too easy, I like actually writing the music note by note, rather than relying on other people's loops, but for quite some time I have just been using lots of outboard synths and just used linux to record and master cd's. I'm finally getting muse to work and am looking at going "all linux", or just using iiwu and soundfonts, using muse to track and using jack/ardour to record, edit and master. Of course using outboard gear is easier, I can make up complete tracks with my korg electribe M in mere minutes, but at the same time my tracks will sound similar to all the other electribe based tracks being made, while with linux, muse, csound, ladspa, and ardour there's the oppurtunity to create a more unique, signature sound. http://www.brianredfern.org On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Patrick Shirkey wrote: