KVR Audio

databass · Post by **databass** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:44 am

hi all

having intention to create a workstation audio linux based..
i would like to know pros and cons of this sequencer
it seems to be "the closest native equivalent to Cubase® for Linux" (Sound on Sound)

someone already tested it??
http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/
any information is much appreciated
thank you!

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:15 am

I had a try a few months ago, but got caught up in dependency nightmares and gave up. That was on a not-entirely-new Fedora Core 3 system, IIRC. I'll probably rework that machine in Ubuntu and have another go before too long.

The typesetting system that works with it, Lilypond, appears capable of producing output better than most or all commercial musical typesetting products. :-) Impressive stuff there.

UltraJv · Post by **UltraJv** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:25 pm

If you like spending most of your time fiddling with operating systems and configuration stuff then Linux is for you, if not - keep away.

databass · Post by **databass** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:46 pm

thanks Meffy and UltraJv

hummm, your replies are not much encouraging

i just want to use decent audio appz, without tweak the system every time
but, now the question is:
create a workstation audio under Linux
using plugins and virtual intruments
.. is it possible?

warp x · Post by **warp x** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:59 pm

I just installed Mepis-Linux on my new 3GHZ P.IV. Rosegarden was included, but I use Ardour, which is a bit more like Protools. Very happy so far.
You could try installing DeMuDi, from agnula.org.
It's a pretty solid, audio/multimedia only distro.

databass · Post by **databass** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:22 pm

thanks for the advice warp x

never heard Ardour before!
just cheked -> http://ardour.org/ .. very promising!
surely i will try DeMuDi
thanks again!

tetraplan · Post by **tetraplan** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:58 pm

The problem with DeMuDi is it's based on kernel 2.4, which lacks support for many recent chipsets. It won't recognise the NIC on my NForce2 based system for example, which makes it a bit hard to upgrade using apt-get.

I think it's best to use recent Debian-based systems (Ubuntu, Mepis, there are others) and use apt-get/Synaptic to install and upgrade. Ubuntu provides very good hardware support out of the box, I'm not familiar with Mepis.

Groet, Erik

parky · Post by **parky** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:04 pm

tetraplan wrote:The problem with DeMuDi is it's based on kernel 2.4, which lacks support for many recent chipsets.

Which DeMuDI version? 1.0? I would think that the more recent 1.21 would have kernel 2.6 support.

tetraplan · Post by **tetraplan** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:11 pm

parky wrote:
tetraplan wrote:The problem with DeMuDi is it's based on kernel 2.4, which lacks support for many recent chipsets.
Which DeMuDI version? 1.0? I would think that the more recent 1.21 would have kernel 2.6 support.

Not the release version, IIRC. Could be changed by now, though, I read this nearly a month ago (would have downloaded otherwise).

Groet, Erik

parky · Post by **parky** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:22 pm

tetraplan wrote:
parky wrote:
tetraplan wrote:The problem with DeMuDi is it's based on kernel 2.4, which lacks support for many recent chipsets.
Which DeMuDI version? 1.0? I would think that the more recent 1.21 would have kernel 2.6 support.
Not the release version, IIRC. Could be changed by now, though, I read this nearly a month ago (would have downloaded otherwise).

Groet, Erik

I know some Linux distros don't make it obvious that they have both the 2.4 and 2.6 kernel. In some you need to type 'linux26' when starting the install to specify the kernel.

tetraplan · Post by **tetraplan** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:28 pm

parky wrote:I know some Linux distros don't make it obvious that they have both the 2.4 and 2.6 kernel. In some you need to type 'linux26' when starting the install to specify the kernel.

Ah, OK.
Interesting. Thanks.

Groet, Erik

Rosegarden users?