The right software will depend HUGELY on what sort of workflow is sought after ... for example, here are some different ones:

    * creating traditional scores with notation, listening (somehow) while working on them
    * EDM (any of the 291 sub-genres), with samples, loops, beats and FX
    * recording people playing instruments
    * 1 microphone, 1 guitar pickup

the right tool for each of these will (on LInux at least) be different.


On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 3:36 PM, worik <root@worik.org> wrote:
Thank you fo rthe suggestions.

Worik

On 24/10/15 12:24, worik wrote:
> This is slightly OT as Free Software on Windows will do just as well....
>
> My colleague with whom I make a lot of music has been squeezing her
> creativity through a "free" version of Garage Band on a iPad.  She has
> had a great time with the UI but is beset by all the problems we all
> know of with such products.  She does not own, and cannot afford, a
> Apple computer so cannot really get the benefits of Garage Band.
>
> In the Free Software world what would be the best next step?  Is there one?
>
> I am flumoxed because I have a different approach (I prefers issuing
> instructions to moving icons)  and Garage Band is a complete mystery to me.
>
> cheers
> Worik
>


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