A brief introduction

[fakepop]

Greetings,

A quick word to introduce myself. I am a Vancouver (Canada) resident and have been playing/recording music as a hobby for many years. I truly enjoy the freedom - and also often the challenges - of FLOSS.

My work is developing software for the web using Drupal/LAMP developer. This gets me to sit in front of a computer screen for many hours every day. I can't think about spending any more time using my computer in this manner at night - that is especially in the context of music playing/recording. So, I am looking at ways to record music using Open Source projects but in a context that will take the standard computer interface away.

I haven't recorded much recently - or followed the industry developments - but fell inspired to get back to it. If you are a traveler you might want to listen to the sounds-walks I recorded in Shanghai a few months ago: http://fakepop.ca/blog/shanghai-sonore

Cheers
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[studio32]

Always nice to have a musician which is also a web expert onboard

welcome!

[MattKingUSA]

Welcome welcome.

[fakepop]

Always nice to have a musician which is also a web expert onboard ;)

Hehe :)

Thanks for the welcoming messages.

[freqrush]

I am looking at ways to record music using Open Source projects but in a context that will take the standard computer interface away

This sounds interesting. Do you mean using hardware controllers, touch screens or webcam to midi conversion and things like that?

A welcome from me too

[fakepop]

I am looking at ways to record music using Open Source projects but in a context that will take the standard computer interface away

Do you mean using hardware controllers, touch screens or webcam to midi conversion and things like that?

I'm not exactly sure which shape it would take yet but it's definitely in the lines of what you mention. I guess I have always felt that using a mouse, keyboard and screen either for recording/editing/post-prod was taking away a bit from the 'soul' from the music. It feels counter-intuitive.