Linux recording?

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Anyone know if there is an audio editing and recording/midi/vsti program that runs on Linux based OS's.

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Arodur is great. I use the OS X version running under X11 and the Audio is truly pristine. The only problem you will run into is that Ardour does not have any midi playing or editing capabilities. the only midi functionality in it is for midi control surfaces. For midi editing most Linux musicians use Rosegarden. I have not used it but it comes highly recommeded.

I don't know of any program in linux that utilize VSTi.
 
sonnylarsen said:
The only problem you will run into is that Ardour does not have any midi playing or editing capabilities. the only midi functionality in it is for midi control surfaces.
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Really? Pardon my words but that sucks ass. Common now, it's 2006 for crying out loud. Any sequencer without midi is not worth using if you ask me. I want that shit in 1 package, not 2.
 
He didn't ask for a sequencer, he asked for a recording/mixing app. For recording multitrack Ardour is the thing. If you need a sequencer look to Rosegarden. The philosophy of linux is very different of windows. You use the best for each application instead of something that does everything but nothing well. Like using a mixer in the kitchen instead of the multi-function-robot.

This is the beauty of linux: you use an optimised package for each need and they play nice together.

If you need to do editing, then Rezound is very good.

Take a look here for an overview: http://sound.condorow.net/
 
Yup...Arodur works well. And get JACK and JACK enabled programs to hook things together like rewire does for windows. Linux has a lot of cool recording and MIDI stuff.
 
Thats good news because recently I've become more infatuted with Linux because of new OS that have been developed in the past year or so. And no viruses, spyware, malware, etc. Comon! Thats so ILL! haha... So I could safely hook my recording computer up to the net without risking messing it all up. Great information here people. Appreciate it! Anyone else, please feel free.
 
I don't know if Ardour is all the way there yet....for example, I frequenty creat drum tracks from loops...I see no looping utility anywhere in Ardour and I don't see a linux utility for it outside of Ardour... :(

Too bad, the day someone comes out with an audio package for Linux that 'has it all', I'll gladly make the move from windows...

-F
 
bitsandvolts said:
I don't know if Ardour is all the way there yet....for example, I frequenty creat drum tracks from loops...I see no looping utility anywhere in Ardour and I don't see a linux utility for it outside of Ardour... :(

Too bad, the day someone comes out with an audio package for Linux that 'has it all', I'll gladly make the move from windows...

-F
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Is there a windows utility that 'has it all'? I don't know about you but I use one app for loops, another app for recording and mixing and a third app for editing/"mastering" and burning to CD....
 
Halion said:
Really? Pardon my words but that sucks ass. Common now, it's 2006 for crying out loud. Any sequencer without midi is not worth using if you ask me. I want that shit in 1 package, not 2.
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RADAR is widely used and loved on big studios and doesnt do MIDI (a PC running BeOS), many people use Ardour as a multitrack recorder cos is rock solid, and you can trust it, I guess it's not too fancy if you make electronic based music, but it could do just fine for you if you want to record a rock band. Different production approaches, dont you think?
 
One thing to watch out for is that some hardware companies (*cough*cough*MOTU*cough*) are being absolute bastards about linux drivers. Some are slow to come out with them. Some (like MOTU) have blatantly come out and said that even though they could very easily do so, they are refusing to release linux drivers.
 
Ardours development is set to add support for midi editing eventually, but that's awhile down the road. You can use loops in Ardour, but it is the old fashioned time stretcching method. You import the loop, time stretch it so that it is in time correctly (Just figure out how many beats in the loop and stretch it to cover that in the project). Then you just copy the loop and repeat etc. It is a bit awkward if you have only used an app like ACID or SONAR or LOGIC that support loops natively, figure out the time and let just drag out the loop to the length you like. But it works.
 
the day someone comes out with an audio package for Linux that 'has it all'
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Well, I prefer the separate app way they are going now. I far prefer to have 4 apps running that each does perfectly what it has to do and make them work together without pain. Otherwise you end up with 4 bloated apps that can each 'do all' but nothing well so you still have to use 4 apps and because they are intended to 'do all' they have to be bodged to work together.

I see no looping utility anywhere in Ardour and I don't see a linux utility for it outside of Ardour...
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Ardour is a multi-track recorder. Something like a tape machine. If you need audio soft for linux take a look here: http://sound.condorow.net/ Now if you do that and click in the left column on "Looping Software" you might find something.
 
I just finished my linux conversion yesterday.

DeMuDi 1.3.0 RC1
Edirol FA-66 (freebob driver)

Freebob was a bit of effort to get working but is pretty solid for an alpha release.

DeMuDi pretty much comes with everything I use.

Ardour for recording, Hydrogen for drum looping, Rosegarden for midi, JAMin for mastering, Kino for video, etc... I'd really like Cinelerra but it's a bit of a pain to compile.

The only thing I can't find is a wav to midi converter for simple drum replacement... but I'll probably just get real triggers anyway.

the BAD part is that, as usual, documentation needs a lot of work for newbies but I plan on puting together some tutorials in the near future... I'll post when I get it done.
 
I'd really like Cinelerra but it's a bit of a pain to compile.
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Never tried it either. But you have to admit that the website is great...
 
Ardour's development is really kicking into high gear, sign up for the developer's mailing list

The fedora CCRMA core that the ardour guys in #ardour channel usually reccomend is extensively tested with the RME HDSP series, and a version of totalmix has been created by one of the users

This app holds a LOT of pormise, and Linux is SMOKING performance wise with it. It will be nice if/when the VST-Jack software gets better
 
bitsandvolts said:
I don't know if Ardour is all the way there yet....for example, I frequenty creat drum tracks from loops...I see no looping utility anywhere in Ardour and I don't see a linux utility for it outside of Ardour... :(

Too bad, the day someone comes out with an audio package for Linux that 'has it all', I'll gladly make the move from windows...

-F
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Dude...
Bah.
I'm just getting into drum looping, I've only used fruityloops on windows.. I just tried out Hydrogen under linux... Its basically the same thing, and using jack... it inserts into a track through the insert bus. Its integrated beautifully.
This has been my weekend project... Take another look.

Planet CCRMA has all of these applications integrated into a bundle so you can install them all at once using apt-get.
 
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