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TameasDust	Date: October 7, 2003 @ 9:09 AM Which is the best for music creation and editing programs?
spiralmux	Date: October 7, 2003 @ 3:59 PM As much as it pains me to say it, Windows. Linux just isn't there yet. There are some audio editing programs available for Linux, and they aren't bad (ardour, audacity, and sweep come to mind). But I wouldn't call them professional grade. If you don't need anything too fancy, you might be able to get by. I'm not really sure about MIDI support -- I know some programs are available, but I haven't used them. Does anyone know anything about this? What I do know is that I can't live without a good sequencing program, such as Cubase, Logic, or Sonar, and I'm damn attached to Reason and my VSTis. Linux would make a great audio platform in theory, but the software support doesn't seem to be there, and I'm not sure if the drivers are up to snuff, either. ALSA is cool, but not having the software to really stress test the system, it's hard to say.
pog	Date: October 8, 2003 @ 5:55 AM yeah... even though it would be cool if there were sound recording/editing stuff extensively developed under linux, the companies always release it under windows cos more people run it. I started using alsa recently, and it's good until 2 different programs, try to output... maybe I gotta change it's configs, but it tends to cue sounds... like I close xmms, and all the icq sounds get let through.
TameasDust	Date: October 8, 2003 @ 2:27 PM so until someone writes a program specifically for linux it is best to keep to windows. how about the apple systems and the programs for that how do they compare to windows?
spiralmux	Date: October 9, 2003 @ 4:02 AM As for Macs, it seems like most audio software is available for PC and Mac. There are some programs that only work on one platform or the other. Logic is now Mac-only (this started with version 6). Cubase SX runs on PC or Mac. Sonar is PC-only. I believe all the Native Instruments soft synths are dual platform. DX plugins or DXis are PC-only. Metasynth is Mac-only. For some software, the PC version has better stability, or vice versa. All in all I'd say it's a toss up between PCs and Macs as far as audio software availability is concerned.
Karmatic	Date: October 19, 2003 @ 12:08 PM Linux
Karmatic	Date: October 19, 2003 @ 12:09 PM damn the scripts here, cant even use certain keys, supposed to say: Linux~Mac~Windows, in progression
leflaw	Date: October 19, 2003 @ 7:27 PM if you had to ise linux for recording and making tracks, which distro and software?
Thaspian	Date: October 19, 2003 @ 7:31 PM /me likes audacity.
Apertome	Date: October 19, 2003 @ 11:23 PM Distro ... not so crucial IMO. I'm partial to Gentoo and Debian in general. The coolest audio programs I've seen for linux are ardour and scrub, though I had some trouble getting ardour working reliably when I last tested it.
kLash	Date: October 20, 2003 @ 3:35 PM Linux for phUn, winBlows for work and music....
withering	Date: November 17, 2003 @ 6:34 AM I'm currently setting up a GNU/Linux Gentoo pc for audio recording, to replace WinXP/CubaseSX. For applications, I use alsa + jack audio connection kit + ardour. Gentoo is well suited for audio applications, since they include lots of useful patches in the kernel. For instance the low-latency patch which (in theory ) gives you latency & performance stability miles ahead of anything else. The downslide is that you have to compile everything, which can take days if you are installing a complete desktop system.
pog	Date: November 17, 2003 @ 8:56 AM I've changed over to a gnome desktop recently, and it's fixed the conflict I was having between gaim and firestarter. But there's plenty of research I've got left to continue on with as far as audio software goes. To get an idea of whats around, go to http://freshmeat.net/ and do a search (this is 3 seperate searches) for recorder, drum, or guitar. Now I just gotta roadtest em all... much reading to do.
pixelmasochist	Date: November 17, 2003 @ 9:00 AM Protux seemed to be going in the right direction but I have no idea of it's state. It's aiming for a pro quality sample ed. Classic stlye tracking can be done with soundtracker (always good for fun); But as far as proffesionalism goes there's a great big gap, especially on the ease of use front I use win 98 for reason2 and edit the files in audacity (don't need to do alot appart from trimming as I mix in reason aswell )

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