KVR Audio

pljones · Post by **pljones** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 6:34 am

FrantzM wrote:However, doing music in Linux is not an option if you need your favorite VSTs.

That depends. A lot will run perfectly well under FST or in a host under wine.

Mr_Bumpy · Post by **Mr_Bumpy** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:04 pm

I've had pretty good luck with FST, actually. Unfortunately, anything that requires a USB key like iLok won't work

A lot of people think about all of the things they would be missing going from a Windows music creation setup to Linux, but the opposite is true as well. In Windows, I really miss having FluidSynth as a low-latency plugin (it doesn't exist as a VSTi). None of the VSTi SoundFont players I have tried come anywhere close to FluidSynth in terms of SoundFont 2.1 modulator support, which I need for my custom sampling work. ZynAddSubFX (Yoshimi), LinuxSampler and Hexter are also very good synth/sampler plugins that just work much better under Linux.

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:22 pm

pljones wrote:
FrantzM wrote:However, doing music in Linux is not an option if you need your favorite VSTs.
That depends. A lot will run perfectly well under FST or in a host under wine.

Fair enough. Personally I am looking for something that just works without headaches.

pljones · Post by **pljones** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 4:37 pm

FrantzM wrote:
pljones wrote:
FrantzM wrote:However, doing music in Linux is not an option if you need your favorite VSTs.
That depends. A lot will run perfectly well under FST or in a host under wine.
Fair enough. Personally I am looking for something that just works without headaches.

And that depends on what headaches you're having, of course...

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 5:31 am

The main headaches I get, involve installers that open dialogues behind some other window, or specify a path that is not yet created. The great U-he synths all
work well, but I had to eat some protein, to figure out some of the
new folder placements, not being the sharpest pencil on the desk

If it's a big-box plugin installer, I usually just accept defaults,
then create a link to Steinberg/VstPlugins.

The many great freeware ampsim/fx from TSE, LePou, Ignite, Simulanalog,
and FrettedSynth work fine with fst,
a pretty easy hiway to a massive wall of metal

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 5:36 am

Mr_Bumpy wrote: Unfortunately, anything that requires a USB key like iLok won't work

That statement alone might get more windows users to test linux,
than all the hysterical penguin rantings and ravings combined

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:44 am

http://beast.testbit.eu/Beast_Screenshots

Screenshots for those who enjoy rolling up the sleaves,
these screenshots may dispell some myths about
using Beast, what it is/isn't, and the potential
rewards for those inspired by such an approach to
music production. Each screenshot can be expanded twice.
Cheers

Shabdahbriah · Post by **Shabdahbriah** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 9:17 am

fwiw: Has anyone checked out the Linux stuff that comes with CM#183 ?

I just DL'd my "vault" content, and saw a "Linux" folder in there, but didn't DL.

NER · Post by **NER** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 10:32 am

Nobody uses linux or ever has used linux. It doesn't even exist

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:41 pm

NER wrote:Nobody uses linux or ever has used linux. It doesn't even exist

Microsft is still hiring. Has always been hiring. Will never stop hiring

Mr_Bumpy · Post by **Mr_Bumpy** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:48 pm

glokraw wrote:
NER wrote:Nobody uses linux or ever has used linux. It doesn't even exist
Microsft is still hiring. Has always been hiring. Will never stop hiring

I think what he's saying is that Linux is only the kernel, so technically nobody is using an OS called "Linux". Either that or he's just in denial.

colin@loomer · Post by **colin@loomer** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:45 pm

Shabdahbriah wrote:fwiw: Has anyone checked out the Linux stuff that comes with CM#183 ?

I just DL'd my "vault" content, and saw a "Linux" folder in there, but didn't DL.

Courtesy of cajmere:

$ unzip Linux_Software.zip
Archive: Linux_Software.zip
creating: Linux Software/
creating: Linux Software/energyXT/
inflating: Linux Software/energyXT/about energyXT CM edition.pdf
inflating: Linux Software/energyXT/energyXT253_linux.tar.gz
inflating: Linux Software/energyXT/whats new in version 2.5.3.pdf
creating: Linux Software/Plug-ins/
creating: Linux Software/Plug-ins/Loomer Cumulus/
inflating: Linux Software/Plug-ins/Loomer Cumulus/Cumulus Manual.pdf
inflating: Linux Software/Plug-ins/Loomer Cumulus/Cumulus.tar.gz
inflating: Linux Software/Plug-ins/Loomer Cumulus/Cumulus_x86_64.tar.gz

So, looks like the Linux side of the CM Vault is currently energyXT (32-bit), and our Cumulus (32-bit and 64-bit.)

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:30 pm

Shabdahbriah wrote:fwiw: Has anyone checked out the Linux stuff that comes with CM#183 ?

I just DL'd my "vault" content, and saw a "Linux" folder in there, but didn't DL.

Loomer software, Cumulous, and EnergyXT, and maybe more.

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

Cheers

codec_spurt · Post by **codec_spurt** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 10:09 pm

damoog wrote:Thinking of trying out Linux on my laptop(not my main music rig) and wanted to know what people think about the os before I take the plunge...i have posted this topic on a pc based forum and the majority say go with Linux but they are prolly all pc nerds so I can't judge on that alone,I will be using props reason to so that has to work,I'm a complete Linux noob so some guidance is needed...is it worth it or am I off my rocker with this one

Linux Mint is the no.1 distro.
I'm getting into the Debian version.
But KDE is good.
Apart from the standard Gnome2 forks of Mate and Cinnamon.

Knoppix. Great.

FatDog64 is great. It only writes to the disk every half an hour when or when you tell it to. Lots of Linux systems get burned out by the constant writes to the disk.

You can use special sfs files in FatDog64 as you can in the normal Linux Puppy installs. They contain Ardour, Hydrogen, Audacity..etc.. all in a file less than a couple of hundred megabytes that can be called off your hd or kept on your usb disk.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 10:54 pm

codec_spurt wrote: Lots of Linux systems get burned out by the constant writes to the disk.

Can't say I've noticed this.

Linux...anybody using it?