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Turn-Key Linux Audio

Posted by michael on from the so-simple-even-drummers-can-understand-it dept.

gmaestro writes "The Turn-Key Linux Audio project at the Eastman Computer Music Center has released it's first instant linux audio workstation package. Simply download onto your Mandrake workstation, untar and type # ./install.sh."

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  1. surreal by io333 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've been waiting for a package like this for 4 years. I can't believe someone actually did it. Just one more application needs to arrive and I'll leave Windows behind forever. What is that application?

    Does it really matter what my particular missing app is? Everyone that can't migrate yet has one. I suppose my point is this just goes to show that eventually all the missing apps will be there and then:

    IT'S A FREE SOFTWARE WORLD BABY!

  2. Notice the absence of music notation programs by sadclown · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Linux has nothing to compare to Finale, Sibelius, or Score. This is the gaping hole in Linux audio software, and the reason most musicians cannot switch completely to Linux.
    Lilypad, etc. are not professional quality notation tools.
    WINE has trouble with non-text fonts like Maestro which Finale uses.

  3. More programs should be this way by GamezCore.com · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know that the large frothing masses LIKE to worry about libraries and dependancy, but there are also a lot of us who like ease of use. With bandwidth and high capacity media so cheap these days, I believe most if not all programs should be self contained non-dependant entities. Just like Office for Mac's, one folder drag it over and run. Or even better, the Phoenix browser... fully self contained AND small. I think this is the future of software, and Linux should really jump on this if it wants to be a player in the desktop market. (not trolling, just looking for some discussion)

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  4. Re:*Sigh* by runderwo · · Score: 5, Insightful
    If only they would add decent wavetable synth support to Linux I would ditch Windows without thinking about it twice.
    What were you having problems with? For sound cards without hardware MIDI, timidity seems to work great. If you have a MIDI card or daughtercard that you want to use, those work fine too; I use a Yamaha DB50XG on a Roland MPU-401AT ISA card that I control through a MIDI keyboard.

    Perhaps if you were a bit more specific on the shortcomings, we could have a more engaging discussion.

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