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Sidhartha
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Posted : May 8, 2008 18:09:38
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Hello everyone :cool:
I just installed Ubuntu 8.04 with Audacity & brasero cd burning and i can say its a complete audio solution for professional mastering and red book cd compliance.
very very nice indeed and its completlety free ;- )
What i like to know is how many people here considers linux for music production... and which is the best audio sequencer for linux=?
Thanks in advance :boom:
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Sidhartha
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Posted : May 8, 2008 18:10
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Tomos
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Posted : May 8, 2008 18:29
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There are a couple of distros purely developed for music prodcution.
One of them is called Musix.
I tried it, I failed.
I have to go where the majority of producers go because it's where the support is. When you're in a professional studio environment, you don't have time to waste looking for drivers and tinkering with things.
If someone brings in something they want to use, will it work? Can you add VSTs? UAD? Synths like the Virus that require software?
For the home user - a free solution might be worthwhile exploring, but for now I'll stick with my Windows PC, which I've got set up *just* how I want it. |
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FreakyFreQuencies
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Posted : May 8, 2008 18:33
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Now linux is'nt ready for professional music production.
Not much of software. Soft like Cubase is does'nt exist.
But its only my sentence; )
BTW i hear about Ubuntu is a worst version of linux.
I dont know why. Just read it many times on many forums.
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Psytracked
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Posted : May 8, 2008 19:03
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I've tried. I don't care much for lots of plug ins and love the philosophy behind "free software" but I haven't been able to get one variant to work on any of 3 different systems.
I tried the Ubuntu forums and they are quick to reply (the fastest I have experienced) but I found there was too much hate of Bill gates and windows and that the community on the whole had missed the point...but I could be well off with my conclusions.
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illusions
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Posted : May 8, 2008 19:10
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You might want to check out http://ubuntustudio.org - A link someone in another forum I'm on posted. Great to see so many people switching over to Ubuntu and wanting to use it as their primary OS
FreakyFreq: Ubuntu is based on Debian, and the guys have done an absolutely fantastic job at this distro. They try to make it as user friendly as possible, while still giving users the stability/security etc.. that comes with anything non Microsoft. Its great, give it a try. |
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Psytracked
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Posted : May 8, 2008 19:20
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On 2008-05-08 18:33, FreakyFreQuencies wrote:
Now linux is'nt ready for professional music production.
Not much of software. Soft like Cubase is does'nt exist.
But its only my sentence; )
BTW i hear about Ubuntu is a worst version of linux.
I dont know why. Just read it many times on many forums.
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What you need to appreciate with Linux and freesoftware is thats its not just about getting it for free. the licence for it is very different in the open source world.
* The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
* The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
* The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
* The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
The bigger picture is that the large organisations like microsoft want to pursue a system where by they can own the intelligence used to develop a product/s which will then empower them to have monopoly like control.
I am prepared to abandon my protools rig for a basic working linux system. But with all my efforts I havn't achieved that.
The Ubuntu community have this sytem in place where by they reject any constructive criticism and take the line that you shouldn't come over to our village and tell us whats not right. The result is that ubuntu has failed to produce anything useful to people like ourselves.
This really pains me.
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Psytracked
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Posted : May 8, 2008 19:36
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Sidhartha
Sidhartha
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Posted : May 8, 2008 23:37
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Boom baba´s thanks for your replies :sweet:
As i told i just tried Ubuntu Studio 8 in a professional mastering studio and it works perfect with all windows vst´s & RME drivers working just fine ;- )
The system has a dual boot with windows and linux so you can have a lot of windowds drivers and .dll´s available for linux ;- )
I wonder how it will develop for music production sure i use a lot Nordlead & virus TI so its a must they work... because for mastering i can say it´s as pro as win or mac platforms.
So i should say im very excited with this OS hybrid revolution :thanks:
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Medea
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Posted : May 9, 2008 02:38
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Posted : May 9, 2008 18:12
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This really pains me.
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Its because the OSS "philosophy" its totally utopian, delusional and out right ridiculous
as far as retail/consumer markets go.
The fallacy is that the ability to create, modify and improve software is far from free, its extremely expensive and that price has to be paid somewhere. With commercial software thats through money, with an organisation thats hiring people to modify the software for you...but at the retail/consumer level the only payment is to the good of the software project. What that ultimately means in reality is you get half completed software, with poor user interfaces and no support unless you fork over money for it.
Computing is no more of a philosophy than carpentry. Its an absurdity to say that Black and Decker tools have too much power because you can't modify the blueprints and then give away the copies you make in a shop.
All you would end up with is really shitty Drills and power screw drivers compared to the real commercial versions. If your running an industrial factory its a different story but if your just trying to build a shed in your back yard its an absurd line of thinking. |
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illusions
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Posted : May 9, 2008 18:57
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I don't think you really understand the business models that a lot of these OSS companies operate under. Go read about how Shuttleworth is doing so well with Ubuntu or the model that Redhat started out with. |
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FreakyFreQuencies
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Posted : May 9, 2008 22:35
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me too 
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Psytracked
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Posted : May 10, 2008 02:08
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@ heretical
You do have a very extreme take on this subject. Although my experience was disappointing the reality is that many distributions are achieving a lot of success, to the point where some of us producers are considering it as an option in the studio.
The main difficulty I have with your argument is that a price has to paid somewhere and that software development/modification's always have to come at a monetary cost.
English is my first language but I'm sorry I can't make any sense of your analogy.
The really funny thing though, is that it's the COMMERCIAL world that, for as long as I can remember, has given us half completed software that frankly isn't up to it. But sadly this low quality has become the status quo hence people like myself are looking at the viability of the Linux model.
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ohshit
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Posted : May 10, 2008 09:01
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