Linux DAW's

Caffman

Hi guys I'm new to linux and Boards aswell actually as it is :P , but I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with using Linux for electronic music production. I'm just starting out with the Linux Multimedia Studio ( Linux's answer to FL studio ) and It seems like a solid programme but so far all of the minute long attempts at electro end up sounding they're being played on a Gameboy Color :pac:
So anybody that has any tips or opinions on Linux as an OS for music production or LMMS itself I'd be happy to hear them !

Anima

Ardour is another one, possibly the best for Linux. Not exactly sure.

robz18

none of them come close to the DAWs on OS X/win imo.

is there any reason you want to produce in linux?

Caffman

Dl'd Ardour and it seems pretty powerful...if I knew what I was doing with it !

Yeah I was guessing that. Na there's no particular reason I want to produce in Linux other than converting my computer over I've used FL and Ableton in the past and found them great but I had to change my computers OS because it's getting old and slow on XP and Linux sped it up !
starting to pick things up In LMMS in bits and pieces though but I'm sorta confused as to where to start off with the whole electro production thing when I'm stuck with Linux
Appreciate the suggestions though, thanks guys

rcaz

Pd, SuperCollider and CSound are all supported on Linux, they're all super-powerful, enough to do whatever you could ever want to, once you're willing to get really involved with it... Not really DAWs, I guess, but very very powerful and flexible audio programs.

Caffman

Just reading up on the programs you mentioned they seem pretty code heavy but I'll try 'em out for a while and see how I get on !

rcaz

Caffman wrote: »

Just reading up on the programs you mentioned they seem pretty code heavy but I'll try 'em out for a while and see how I get on !

SuperCollider and CSound definitely are, but Pd is pretty easy to pick up! I'd recomment starting there... I started learning it before I really understood how signals and control messages should flow within a synth or anything, so I found it pretty hard to pick up, but if you're into this stuff it should be fine! I've learned a lot more from working with Ableton Live and my guitar pedal boards, and I'm learning Pd much faster now.

I'd recommend reading a bit of this too;

http://www.pd-tutorial.com/english/index.html

Quiggers

if you dont like code, you wont like linux.
it uses a command line to start up services.

rcaz

Quiggers wrote: »

if you dont like code, you wont like linux.
it uses a command line to start up services.

Depends on the distribution doesn't it?

Anima

Ubuntu these days is just like using Windows really.

But others yeah, you probably still need the terminal at least a little bit.

rcaz

Anima wrote: »

Ubuntu these days is just like using Windows really.

But others yeah, you probably still need the terminal at least a little bit.

I use Xfce a good bit and can get by without the command line, too.

rayzercork

download the windows demo version of reaper and install it to a usb stick then drag the folder into your linux os and run it via wine. im currently using it on mint but was using it on ubuntu and it worked fine on both. was able to use midi keyboard and vsts too.

Iomega Man

Heres another to throw into the pot...

http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/

Never used it TBH.

JonathanAnon

LMMS lets you mix up your soundfonts, and allows you to use VSTs.. But it can be cumbersome, particularly the fact that it doesnt inherently record audio.. (audio has to be recorded in Audacity)... Wont let you export to MIDI, or let you export the audio as MP3 (only WAV)

Rosegarden is completely basic the last I saw of it..

rayzercork

energy xt seems to be recommended too but havent tried it myself