Music Sequencing Software for Unix?
caluml asks: "I am looking at getting more into music making, and buying some decent-ish synthesizers. Most sequencing software out there is for Mac or Windows, neither of which I have. I have looked at Audigy and Audacity, but wonder if there are any others that others find worthwile. Can anyone give me their recommendations for sequencers, audio editors, and multi-track recording software?"
There's nothing that's truly professional quality, which is sad, but that's the state of things. Cubase, Logic, Sonar, and Pro Tools are the four standards.
However, there IS one fairly good program for UNIX type systems, though it's nowhere near the quality of the four I mentioned above. Have a look at Rosegarden.
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If you don't mind getting your feet wet with some programming, ChucK is a Java-like audio programming language that can interact with MIDI devices, and is a nice alternative to Csound and Pd for people who want to do sequencing programmatically.
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