cubase or cakewalk equivilent

[spookytris]

i was having a browse around the forum, and i found a few threads about mp3 editors and it got me thinking.

im a composer and sound engineer, ive kept an xp partition purely so i can use cubase sx. i would like to extend my finger fully to microsoft aand use a linux based bit of software. is there anything that lets me do midi sequencing, software synth and multitrack recording/playback?

[Fintan]

Re: cubase or cakewalk equivilent

First welcome to the party.

audio for linux has come a long way.
have a look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...audio_software

you have also want to have a look here:
http://lmms.sourceforge.net/home.php

and:
http://www.ghabuntu.com/2010/04/5-co...ors-worth.html

and:
http://traverso-daw.org/

hope this helps

[Snowhog]

Re: cubase or cakewalk equivilent

Depending on the capability of your rig, you might look at Roesgarden and JACK (JACK Audio Connection Kit) ...a professional sound server daemon that provides real-time, low latency connections for both audio and MIDI data between applications that implement its API. (of which, Rosegarden is one)

[rfakhrai]

Re: cubase or cakewalk equivilent

+1 for Rosegarden. It took a little bit of configuration to get it and JACK working seamlessly on my machine but everything is well documented on the web.

Remember, not everything is plug-n-play like in windows. Setting up a studio in linux takes a little bit of patience and understanding of how the interfaces work.

[muzicman0]

Re: cubase or cakewalk equivilent

If you are used to Cubase, the only app that I have found that is even close is Ardour (www.ardour.org). It will support VST (yes, windows VST's), multiple inputs via JACK, etc. It really is good software. there is no MIDI in the 2.x version, but V3.0 is due out soon, and is supposed to have MIDI support.

mm0

[Snowhog]

Re: cubase or cakewalk equivilent

You might also want to read the Music Makers article from the 2008 Issue 86 Linux Pro Magazine on 64 Studio and JAD.