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MrBump

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Linux DAWs
« on: May 14, 2011, 11:04:07 AM »
I know we have some Open Source fans on here - my main music PC has just died on me, and I'm going to stick Ubuntu on there and see if I can get a semi-decent DAW going.

I was using Cakewalk Home Studio and a Tascam US-122L card.

Can anyone recommend a feebie Linux sequencer?  And open source drivers etc?

Ta.

Mark.
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Re: Linux DAWs
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2011, 12:42:58 PM »
Ardour is the most popular one I think.
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Re: Linux DAWs
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2011, 05:46:37 PM »
I believe that reaper is now available for linux
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Re: Linux DAWs
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2011, 06:47:12 PM »
Quote from: Toe-Knee on May 14, 2011, 05:46:37 PM
I believe that reaper is now available for linux

Whaaatttt!?!?! Oh my. Now that would be the thing that got me off of this Sonar trip for good. As far as I knew, mediocre results were all that were obtained using WINE to run windows DAW software. Let the research commence.
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Re: Linux DAWs
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2011, 06:49:51 PM »
Cheers, guys.

Ubuntu is currently being an @rse, and not recognising my NIC drivers...  I mean, Ubuntu!  It ALWAYS works!!!

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Persevere....


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Re: Linux DAWs
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2011, 06:58:22 PM »
I was wrong it seems its still only pc & mac
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Re: Linux DAWs
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2011, 07:41:59 PM »
Yeah, there's no Linux code there. From what I'm reading, people are getting much better results with Reaper though WINE than they had been so it may still be an appropriate route for the nonprofessional.
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Re: Linux DAWs
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2011, 10:26:59 PM »
Yeah Reapers the normal choice for the budget, it's ok - fairly complex routing paths can be done but can be a bit mind boggling.

I would recommend Harrison Mixbus (I think that might be made by Ardour as Tom suggested) it sounds really good, got built in tape saturation, EQ and various compressors all set up on the mix window ready to go (a bit like an analogue console if you've ever used one) easy to use and the gain staging set up well so it'll take a bit of abuse before it cr@ps out.

If not you could go the 'Hackintosh' route.....
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Re: Linux DAWs
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2011, 02:37:42 PM »
Quote from: MrBump on May 14, 2011, 06:49:51 PM
Cheers, guys.

Ubuntu is currently being an @rse, and not recognising my NIC drivers...  I mean, Ubuntu!  It ALWAYS works!!!

 :?

Persevere....




Most of the time, these drivers are directly controlled by the kernel. Try using the Liquorix kernel (or even Debian KFreeBSD) and see if they interact well.
I'm not sure if it would make any difference with a DAW, but you could also try shifting from ALSA (which is the standard audio API in Ubuntu) to Pulse or OSSv4 (or whatever the Hell you prefer).

Hope that helps, mate.

P.S. Always double check your exact system and driver support when dealing with any sort of Unix-based system.
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