[orca-list] Audio Production with Orca: Incredibly! In? credibly! interested for comments!

[Christopher Gilland <clgilland07 gmail com>]

I'm definitely familiar on Windows with things like Reaper, and such, 
and on the mac, my prefered platform right now for audio production 
work, there's ProTools, but I'm curious,


On Linux, I obviously know about audasity, which, don't get me wrong, is 
OK, but I'm finding it to not give all the feature sets I'm needing. As 
least not in a way I can grasp.


A while back, I heard of a package for Linux, which is in the default 
sources.list apt repo called Rosegarden, but I've admittedly back in the 
days not had a huge amount of luck with it.


I was curious if we have any audio gooroos on this list who may have 
either tried it, or something there similar.


Here are basically the main things I'd require of a good DAW like this 
one, if it be doable accessibly with this, or anything else.


1. Must, and I repeat with no exceptions, be able to multi-track both 
audio as well as midi with virtual instruments/soundfonts, either/or


2. Have various FX for both midi and audio such as EQ, compression, 
reverb/delay, etc, as well as ways to tweak their settings.


3. Ways to create, of sort, auxiliary input send/receive busses


4. Must, and I repeat, absolutely must! have accessible ways to edit 
audio fully from deleting, copying/cutting, pasting, ripple deleting, etc..


5. Definitely not a requirement, but a bonus would be to have write, 
touch, and latch automation abilities to audio tracks


6. Ways to read peek meters, and their active DB input levels to insure 
no clipping


7. Again, not a requirement, but very last and not  least, if not 
automatic, at least manual fading abilities on a track per track basis, 
or over the entire master fader. Preferably saw, square, and lennier 
shapes..


I know for a fact that Rosegarden has all of this, but like I said, I'm 
not having much luck with it and Orca. If anyone has, and maybe can give 
some pointers, it would be great!


Feel free to write off list if needed.


clgilland07 gmail com


Chris.