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sgillespie
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Registered: Nov 2007
Location: Jacksonville, FL

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?

Nov-29-2007 17:15 United States

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Eric J
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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.

Nov-29-2007 17:31 United States

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sgillespie
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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.

Nov-29-2007 19:25 United States

Eric J
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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.

Last edited by Eric J on Nov-29-2007 at 19:46

Nov-29-2007 19:27 United States

sgillespie
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Registered: Nov 2007
Location: Jacksonville, FL

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?

Nov-30-2007 13:52 United States

echosystm
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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.

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sgillespie
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quote:
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

Dec-01-2007 18:39 United States

Sanguis Mortuum
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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'.