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Posted by sgillespie on Nov-29-2007 17:15:

Linux and Producing..

I know this has been discussed in the past here. I've been using linux for 3/4 years now, and I haven't been using windows for about 6 months or so.

I'd really like to start producing on my linux machine -- does anyone have any experience with this? I saw a bit of progress on the amount of apps designed for this a while ago, but the only one i've tried is rosegarden so far (and it only took me like 6 months to set up!).

Is there anyone that uses unix for serious producing?

Posted by Eric J on Nov-29-2007 17:31:

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Originally posted by sgillespie
Is there anyone that uses unix for serious producing?

I do, and its called Mac OS X.

Posted by sgillespie on Nov-29-2007 19:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Eric J
I do, and its called Mac OS X.

ah, good one. I forgot that OSX is considered a unix now.

Posted by Eric J on Nov-29-2007 19:27:

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Originally posted by sgillespie
ah, good one. I forgot that OSX is considered a unix now.

Its not just "considered" UNIX, it is definitely UNIX. The Mac OS X Operating system is based in the NextStep operating system which was derived from BSD UNIX.

Posted by sgillespie on Nov-30-2007 13:52:

I stand corrected (OSX is fully posix compatible).

I'd like to get back on topic here. Anyone with experience with linux/solaris/bsd (and maybe even hurd) and music producing?

Posted by echosystm on Nov-30-2007 23:52:

linux fails for producing

you can't run any good vsts in linux. your only hope is to midi up a windows box to run vsts on.

Posted by sgillespie on Dec-01-2007 18:39:

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Originally posted by echosystm
linux fails for producing

you can't run any good vsts in linux. your only hope is to midi up a windows box to run vsts on.

Guess I have to get a Mac

Posted by Sanguis Mortuum on Dec-01-2007 22:25:

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Originally posted by echosystm
linux fails for producing

Unfortunately, I think you're right. I'm a bit of a Linux advocate in most cases, but when it comes to producing, I couldn't find any Linux software that wasnt incredibly crap. Although you can get EnergyXT for Linux now, which isn't bad, though its not 'free'.