Restarting Linux & Music
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 3:34 pm
Hi everyone,
I still feel like a rookie with Linux and music and I'd like to change that. I have been using Linux as my mobile recording environment for a few years (Ubuntu Studio with a Tascam 122 Interface, Jack, and Ardour 2). I do many different styles, instruments and recording situations, but mostly handmade music, with rather little editing or effects. I have also used Windows with Logic Audio in my home studio and Capella for doing scores. The latter two are meanwhile pretty dated and I would like to finally get rid of them and bring it all together on a pure linux environment. I'd be delighted if you could help me find some solutions.
The problem is mostly how I can get midi-sequencing and score-writing to work in a linux environment. I was planning to reinstall the latest version of Ubuntu studio, and compile Ardour 3 with vst-support. Would that be a decent base to start from? Here my concrete questions:
-1.) I definitely need good orchestra samples: This means good quality and comprehensiveness of playing-styles especially in the strings section. Is there any good package that could be used with Ardour?
2.) I like to have an environment, where I can use the keyboard to enter the notes, but step by step, not in real-time. For that it would be necessary to be able to switch lengths of notes and control other things with computer-keystrokes while the pitches are entered with the keyboard. This is the most efficient way for writing I have found so far - is there any better one? Does Ardour 3 or any other software provide this? Does it provide usable and printable score writing? Or would you recommend a different software? Rosegarden, synchronised with Ardour? MuseScore?
3.) Is Ubuntu Studio what people use here? Which alternatives are there (64Studio seems dead) and what advantages do they have? (I am not wedded to Ubuntu. For other purposes than music I prefer Debian proper).
Anyway - hello everybody!
Lin
I still feel like a rookie with Linux and music and I'd like to change that. I have been using Linux as my mobile recording environment for a few years (Ubuntu Studio with a Tascam 122 Interface, Jack, and Ardour 2). I do many different styles, instruments and recording situations, but mostly handmade music, with rather little editing or effects. I have also used Windows with Logic Audio in my home studio and Capella for doing scores. The latter two are meanwhile pretty dated and I would like to finally get rid of them and bring it all together on a pure linux environment. I'd be delighted if you could help me find some solutions.
The problem is mostly how I can get midi-sequencing and score-writing to work in a linux environment. I was planning to reinstall the latest version of Ubuntu studio, and compile Ardour 3 with vst-support. Would that be a decent base to start from? Here my concrete questions:
-1.) I definitely need good orchestra samples: This means good quality and comprehensiveness of playing-styles especially in the strings section. Is there any good package that could be used with Ardour?
2.) I like to have an environment, where I can use the keyboard to enter the notes, but step by step, not in real-time. For that it would be necessary to be able to switch lengths of notes and control other things with computer-keystrokes while the pitches are entered with the keyboard. This is the most efficient way for writing I have found so far - is there any better one? Does Ardour 3 or any other software provide this? Does it provide usable and printable score writing? Or would you recommend a different software? Rosegarden, synchronised with Ardour? MuseScore?
3.) Is Ubuntu Studio what people use here? Which alternatives are there (64Studio seems dead) and what advantages do they have? (I am not wedded to Ubuntu. For other purposes than music I prefer Debian proper).
Anyway - hello everybody!
Lin