Please share your gnu/linux music production setup
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Re: Please share your gnu/linux music production setup
Hello, I'm new here. My Name is Eliot and I'm from the UK. I hope what I am about to declare isn't laughable
Currently using a HP ProBook 6460b with a CORE i5 CPU and an M-Audio M-Track and ESi U24XL interfaces.
I'm running x64 Linux Mint 18.2.1 on a 2TB hard drive that I swapped out for the 300 GB one that came with the laptop.
I play guitar, write songs and sing. Produce my own songs...etc.
The software I have currently installed and working on this book (using wine, POL and crossover with wineasio x64) are as follows: x64 Cakewalk Sonar Platinum 23, x64 Cakewalk Sonar 8.5.3 Producer, x64 Reaper 5.60, Kontakt x64 with Komplete Library, Korg Legacy Collection (x86), Cakewalk Rapture Pro (x64), Sony SoundForge 11 (x86) as audio editor (also got native Audacity), Addictive Drums, Amplitube 4, Guitar Rig and a few other bits and bobs.
This Linux DAW works well even with the non-native windows applications running that I mention above.
The only 2 pitfalls I have are that a: I can't get cakewalk programs to use wineasio.dll, so I use the higher latency MME driver instead. Reaper, Kontakt, Addictive Drums, Amplitube and Guitar Rig all work well with wineasio. I am getting about 5.3 milliseconds stable latency without xruns using wineasio and jackd2. I get a latency of about 10 ms when using the MME driver. b: I can't get SoundForge to appear in the tools menu of either version of Sonar, despite putting the correct entries in the registry. Any ideas or help would be very much appreciated...
Other than that, Reaper works fine with all the above plug-ins and wineasio. It also uses SoundForge as it's editor.
I am on the virge of dumping windows for good.
Currently using a HP ProBook 6460b with a CORE i5 CPU and an M-Audio M-Track and ESi U24XL interfaces.
I'm running x64 Linux Mint 18.2.1 on a 2TB hard drive that I swapped out for the 300 GB one that came with the laptop.
I play guitar, write songs and sing. Produce my own songs...etc.
The software I have currently installed and working on this book (using wine, POL and crossover with wineasio x64) are as follows: x64 Cakewalk Sonar Platinum 23, x64 Cakewalk Sonar 8.5.3 Producer, x64 Reaper 5.60, Kontakt x64 with Komplete Library, Korg Legacy Collection (x86), Cakewalk Rapture Pro (x64), Sony SoundForge 11 (x86) as audio editor (also got native Audacity), Addictive Drums, Amplitube 4, Guitar Rig and a few other bits and bobs.
This Linux DAW works well even with the non-native windows applications running that I mention above.
The only 2 pitfalls I have are that a: I can't get cakewalk programs to use wineasio.dll, so I use the higher latency MME driver instead. Reaper, Kontakt, Addictive Drums, Amplitube and Guitar Rig all work well with wineasio. I am getting about 5.3 milliseconds stable latency without xruns using wineasio and jackd2. I get a latency of about 10 ms when using the MME driver. b: I can't get SoundForge to appear in the tools menu of either version of Sonar, despite putting the correct entries in the registry. Any ideas or help would be very much appreciated...
Other than that, Reaper works fine with all the above plug-ins and wineasio. It also uses SoundForge as it's editor.
I am on the virge of dumping windows for good.
London, UK.
Me: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards and Song Writing.
Linux Enthusiast and Home Studio Producer.
Me: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards and Song Writing.
Linux Enthusiast and Home Studio Producer.
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Re: Please share your gnu/linux music production setup
A few different keyboard controllers, running to The Box of No Return:
https://ponderworthy.github.io/the-box-of-no-return/
which is octocore AMD at 4GHz running four JACK servers in concert with zita-njbridge linking them, a total of four Yoshimis, several Calf fluidsynth players, Calf filters here and there, and non-mixer to keep stream mixing as clean as possible! Mackie Onyx Artist on the output, best audio DA I've ever used, lets me run it all at 96 kHz.
https://ponderworthy.github.io/the-box-of-no-return/
which is octocore AMD at 4GHz running four JACK servers in concert with zita-njbridge linking them, a total of four Yoshimis, several Calf fluidsynth players, Calf filters here and there, and non-mixer to keep stream mixing as clean as possible! Mackie Onyx Artist on the output, best audio DA I've ever used, lets me run it all at 96 kHz.
Jonathan E. Brickman
http://lsn.ponderworthy.com
http://lsn.ponderworthy.com
Re: Please share your gnu/linux music production setup
Name: OllFe
Usage: jam and track recording, live performance
Hardware used:
i7 4x4GHz, 32Gb RAM, 480Gb SSD, Focusrite 18i8 first gen
eDrum 2box drumit five
Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator 12, 14, 16
Bastl Instruments microGranny
MIDI keys:
Nektar Impact GX61
Arturia Keystep
Novation 25 SL MkII
MIDI controller:
Roland Octapad 80
Alesis controlpad
Korg nanoKontrol 1 & 2
Korg nanoPad
Akai midimix
Behringer BCR2000
Software used:
KXStudio with Xubuntu desktop and lowlatency kernel 4.4, Claudia, Ardour, SooperLooper, AMsynth, Podolski, Helm, Calf
Issues:
Sooperlooper crashes when start record and transport is not running (synced to jack)
Overall rating:
time consuming but high potential
With this setup we want to play live electro. A music video in rehearsal room that shows how we work will be availible soon and i want to share.
Greets from germany!
Usage: jam and track recording, live performance
Hardware used:
i7 4x4GHz, 32Gb RAM, 480Gb SSD, Focusrite 18i8 first gen
eDrum 2box drumit five
Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator 12, 14, 16
Bastl Instruments microGranny
MIDI keys:
Nektar Impact GX61
Arturia Keystep
Novation 25 SL MkII
MIDI controller:
Roland Octapad 80
Alesis controlpad
Korg nanoKontrol 1 & 2
Korg nanoPad
Akai midimix
Behringer BCR2000
Software used:
KXStudio with Xubuntu desktop and lowlatency kernel 4.4, Claudia, Ardour, SooperLooper, AMsynth, Podolski, Helm, Calf
Issues:
Sooperlooper crashes when start record and transport is not running (synced to jack)
Overall rating:
time consuming but high potential
With this setup we want to play live electro. A music video in rehearsal room that shows how we work will be availible soon and i want to share.
Greets from germany!
live performed - linux powered - loop based - electro band
http://www.soundcloud.com/ollfe
http://www.soundcloud.com/ollfe
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Re: Please share your gnu/linux music production setup
name:
tor-helge skei
usage:
'pro' band/project album recordings, remixes, live performances..
computers:
1) studio: intel i5, 2.67 ghz (yeah, a quite old one), 8gb ram
2) live: intel i7, something, something, (much faster than 'the box'), ssd, 8gb ram
os:
linux mint 18.3, 64bit
lowlatency kernel
kxstudio repositories
audio interfaces:
2 x ni audio kontrol 1 (one each for laptop and studio box)
alesis io4 (not used for a while)
behringer ua 200 (not used for a while)
midi controllers:
akai apc 40 mk2
akai apc key 25
akai apc mini
akai midimix
arturia beatstep
behringer umx 25
behringer fcb1010
edirol pcr-300
korg nanokey2
korg naonkontrol2
korg nanopad2
novation launchpad
novation nocturn (doesn't work properly in linux, not class compliant)
novation sl zero mk2
roland pc-200 mk2
seaboard rise block
other hardware:
axoloti core
arduino uno (and a bunch of sensors and stuff)
behringer ms16 monitors
behringer v-amp 2 (guitar processor)
digitech element xp (guitar processor)
raspberry pi
a couple of cheap gibson les paul (guitar) clones
a few cheap microphones and piezo sensors
software:
bitwig 2
reaper (beta linux version)
reaper (windows version, via wine)
tons of self-made vst and jesusonic plugins
every available free linux vst plugins
illformed glitch
renoise redux
u-he ace
u-he hive
... and everything else i forgot ...
tor-helge skei
usage:
'pro' band/project album recordings, remixes, live performances..
computers:
1) studio: intel i5, 2.67 ghz (yeah, a quite old one), 8gb ram
2) live: intel i7, something, something, (much faster than 'the box'), ssd, 8gb ram
os:
linux mint 18.3, 64bit
lowlatency kernel
kxstudio repositories
audio interfaces:
2 x ni audio kontrol 1 (one each for laptop and studio box)
alesis io4 (not used for a while)
behringer ua 200 (not used for a while)
midi controllers:
akai apc 40 mk2
akai apc key 25
akai apc mini
akai midimix
arturia beatstep
behringer umx 25
behringer fcb1010
edirol pcr-300
korg nanokey2
korg naonkontrol2
korg nanopad2
novation launchpad
novation nocturn (doesn't work properly in linux, not class compliant)
novation sl zero mk2
roland pc-200 mk2
seaboard rise block
other hardware:
axoloti core
arduino uno (and a bunch of sensors and stuff)
behringer ms16 monitors
behringer v-amp 2 (guitar processor)
digitech element xp (guitar processor)
raspberry pi
a couple of cheap gibson les paul (guitar) clones
a few cheap microphones and piezo sensors
software:
bitwig 2
reaper (beta linux version)
reaper (windows version, via wine)
tons of self-made vst and jesusonic plugins
every available free linux vst plugins
illformed glitch
renoise redux
u-he ace
u-he hive
... and everything else i forgot ...
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Re: Please share your gnu/linux music production setup
Name: Protozone (not my real name, of course)
Usage:
home project studio (synthesis/composing/sound design/mixing/mastering)
Hardware used:
Refurbished HP laptop (8 GB RAM) running 32-bit MX Linux (Debian Stretch linked) with the AVLINUX Realtime Kernel.
Logitech Z200 computer speakers; TASCAM DR-05 portable recorder. "Shakedown" headphones.
Software used:
32-bit Reaper, 32-bit FL Studio 10 & 20, Mulab (demo), Foobar2000 (for conversions); r8brain, AudioMove; 32-bit EnergyXT all via 32-bit WINE in Windows 7 mode. Other stuff: AnalogX TapTempo, Appetizer, RapidEE, Starter, AutoRuns, a lot of NirSoft utilities, cCleaner... etc. PhotoFiltre, IrfanView.
I use TONS of freeware VST effects and instruments, and a paid-for version of Vember Surge.
I also occasionally use Qtractor or LMMS and very much enjoy the Linux general usage instead of Windows or MacOS.
Other Linux stuff: OcenAudio, Audacious, VLC, MKVtoolNix, Parole, XnView, Asunder, XFburn, Gespeaker.
The FL Studio ASIO (with ASIO4all) works great for all of the programs that need ASIO.
Issues with the system (problems, complaints):
My monitoring system is very primitive and I can't really monitor the bass very well yet.
I used to have some paid-for Image-Line VST instruments but I lost my accound and files and backups due to some drama in my personal life
I'd really like to be running MultitrackStudio Pro Plus, but it's not compatible enough for stable use.
Usage:
home project studio (synthesis/composing/sound design/mixing/mastering)
Hardware used:
Refurbished HP laptop (8 GB RAM) running 32-bit MX Linux (Debian Stretch linked) with the AVLINUX Realtime Kernel.
Logitech Z200 computer speakers; TASCAM DR-05 portable recorder. "Shakedown" headphones.
Software used:
32-bit Reaper, 32-bit FL Studio 10 & 20, Mulab (demo), Foobar2000 (for conversions); r8brain, AudioMove; 32-bit EnergyXT all via 32-bit WINE in Windows 7 mode. Other stuff: AnalogX TapTempo, Appetizer, RapidEE, Starter, AutoRuns, a lot of NirSoft utilities, cCleaner... etc. PhotoFiltre, IrfanView.
I use TONS of freeware VST effects and instruments, and a paid-for version of Vember Surge.
I also occasionally use Qtractor or LMMS and very much enjoy the Linux general usage instead of Windows or MacOS.
Other Linux stuff: OcenAudio, Audacious, VLC, MKVtoolNix, Parole, XnView, Asunder, XFburn, Gespeaker.
The FL Studio ASIO (with ASIO4all) works great for all of the programs that need ASIO.
Issues with the system (problems, complaints):
My monitoring system is very primitive and I can't really monitor the bass very well yet.
I used to have some paid-for Image-Line VST instruments but I lost my accound and files and backups due to some drama in my personal life
I'd really like to be running MultitrackStudio Pro Plus, but it's not compatible enough for stable use.
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Re: Please share your gnu/linux music production setup
bought a second hand Yamaha RM1x groovebox, so got rid of laptop in my live setup, and it's not Linux-based anymore, nor any other generic OS-based.
Linux machine with Harrison Mixbus is now for mixing/mastering tasks.
Linux machine with Harrison Mixbus is now for mixing/mastering tasks.
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Still a work in progress...
I swapped out the Korg EA1 and the ER1 for an EMX1.
Stripped down we can perform with just the Korg.
I swapped out the Korg EA1 and the ER1 for an EMX1.
Stripped down we can perform with just the Korg.
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Re: Please share your gnu/linux music production setup
Hi all, I'm using Linux in my hobbyist/amateur home studio.
OS:
Fedora 29 (stock kernel)
Software:
DAW:
- Qtractor for arranging/composing/playing, Ardour for mixing
Plugins:
- Utilities: Mostly the LV2 free ones, like the Calf and MDA suite. QMidiArp. Run them via CarlaRack (also plugin)
- Softsynths: Not been using softsynths alot, but I have the free ones like ZASFX, Helm and Dexed
Hardware used:
Computer:
- Intel Skylake with a i7-6500U CPU laptop. Unfortunately a crappy, no-brand mobo, which is causing me some issues.
- Behringer U-Phoria UMC202HD audio interface
Mixer:
- Mackie 1202VLZ4
Controllers:
- Allen & Heath XONE:K2
- Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol X2
- Arturia Keystep
Instruments:
- Roland TR-8
- Dreadbox Nyx
- Elektron Digitakt
- Waldorf Pulse 2
- Arturia Microbrute
- Kawai K1m
Pedals:
- Eventide H9 Max
- Boss Digital Delay DD-7
- Digitech Distortion Factory DF-7
Monitors:
- Focal CMS 40
Issues with the system (problems, complaints):
Having problems with both hibernation and suspend in Fedora 29, which I find annoying.
I'm running Jack at 48K with 2048 samples, for a latency of 42.7ms. Reducing the number of samples results in xruns. Not sure how to optimize this, or whether it's actually worth the effort.
OS:
Fedora 29 (stock kernel)
Software:
DAW:
- Qtractor for arranging/composing/playing, Ardour for mixing
Plugins:
- Utilities: Mostly the LV2 free ones, like the Calf and MDA suite. QMidiArp. Run them via CarlaRack (also plugin)
- Softsynths: Not been using softsynths alot, but I have the free ones like ZASFX, Helm and Dexed
Hardware used:
Computer:
- Intel Skylake with a i7-6500U CPU laptop. Unfortunately a crappy, no-brand mobo, which is causing me some issues.
- Behringer U-Phoria UMC202HD audio interface
Mixer:
- Mackie 1202VLZ4
Controllers:
- Allen & Heath XONE:K2
- Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol X2
- Arturia Keystep
Instruments:
- Roland TR-8
- Dreadbox Nyx
- Elektron Digitakt
- Waldorf Pulse 2
- Arturia Microbrute
- Kawai K1m
Pedals:
- Eventide H9 Max
- Boss Digital Delay DD-7
- Digitech Distortion Factory DF-7
Monitors:
- Focal CMS 40
Issues with the system (problems, complaints):
Having problems with both hibernation and suspend in Fedora 29, which I find annoying.
I'm running Jack at 48K with 2048 samples, for a latency of 42.7ms. Reducing the number of samples results in xruns. Not sure how to optimize this, or whether it's actually worth the effort.
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Re: Please share your gnu/linux music production setup
If you want lower latency then it's worth the effort. Also you'll probably get more out the system by optimising your setup for audio. For Fedora Planet CCRMA is a good resource. You could start another thread about optimising Fedora.
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My current linux setup:
Linux Mint (18.3 cinnamon) on a i3 processor, 6g ram
Reaper DAW (Linux version)
ModDuo (pedalboards)
U-He Hive (synths)
Focusrite solo usb interface.
Works like a charm !
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Nice cactus!bulevardi wrote: My current linux setup...
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Thanks!Michael Willis wrote: Nice cactus!
It's not a real one though, it's a ceramic one.
I first thought it was a dildo!
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