Literally speaking, there is really only, for the most part, one
incredibly
major thing which is keeping me from switching 100% to the Linux
platform.
If someone would be willing to help steer me in the right direction, I
literally could be a total convert by the end of the week, at the
rate we're
going. This is so promising it's not funny! The only? thing that
really is
truely stopping me is, as I stated before, I am a professional
musician. I
get pad for my music... it's my job. Right now, I'm using a keyboard
which
I have midied to my desktop audio production machine, which right now's
running both xp pro Corporate sp3, as well as Wubu, which has been
converted
to vinux with the Vinux scripts. In xp, I use both Soundforge 8.0, and
Sonar 7.0 Producer Edition. Being that I am not just a vocalest, but
also
am a country pianest, I don't want to let the tallent that god gave
me go to
waiste. If I convert to Linux, I'm scared I will not have any good
audio
multi-track recording sollution. Yeah, there is audacity, but my
thing with
Audacity is, I don't think you can create full blown midi sequences
with it,
can you? I know you can save in the midi format, say, convert a midi to
mp3, or say, make a horrendously hallacious! good for absolutely
nothing!
piece of crap in my results at least, version of an mp3 to a midi
file, but
that is not what I want to do. Not even close! I want to be able,
using my
keyboared, just like in Cakewalk, to be able to sit down, bang out a
full
fledged sequence multi-tracked of me playing, say piano, strings,
guitar,
base, and maybe drums, then be able to on top of that midi sequence,
be able
then to multi-track with my microphone my lead vocals, and maybe some
very
light backing harmony. If you all would like to hear something I did
under
Windows with sonar, to give you an example of what type music I wish
to make
in Linux, let me know. I've probably got an mp3 around here somewhere I
could share off list. I'm just not sure how to do this. I've heard of
rosegarden, but obviously that I think, is QT based, so pretty much,
forget
it. I also know of Jokosher, I think it's called, but I couldn't
figure out
how to get that darn thing to work to save my life, and it didn't
seem like
it could do midi input, although it's very likely it will and I didn't
experiment with it enough. I know this is not exactly! Orca related,
so to
tie it back into Orca, the main thing is, I need something productive
that
would be doable with Orca, and may I add, could be done efficiently with
little to no work hardly at all.
I'd be interested if there are any blind musicians on here who have
recorded
in Linux. I know some of you all've done podcasts, so you all can't
5tell
me we don't have any audio guru Linux savvy people on here. I just need
someone who is patient who could get me started. I'm great at figuring
things out on my own, and also on reading documentation, etc. so if
you at
least could get me started, and at least show me the very very basics
of the
program you suggest, I can probably take it from there.
Thank you profusely! for any help. I can't wait for some responses
to come
in either on or! off list.
God bless.
Chris.
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