Hello Fellow Music Producers

[MatthewWaterman]

I have just started using Ubuntu and I wish to use similar software to what I was using on PC

FL Studio, Reason, Ableton

I realise that Ableton has been ported quite nicely, but I wish to find out about some nice ubuntu software,
sorry for starting a new thread, but I search for previous threads and couldnt find too much.

I would also like to see what people think about different bits of software

im about to take a look at Rosegarden, is it any good?
-Matt

[dawiba]

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[MatthewWaterman]

Eh Nice One Cheers Il take a look!!:P

[surelock22]

I can beat match on a set of technic 1200's and totally flip some oldschool drum n bass vinyl or breaks vinyl, trouble is, i'm 30 years old with a kid and a very, VERY talkative fiance' who eats up my free time (and the kid pushes me off my Linux computer so she can watch Bugs Bunny via .avi's), I work close to 40 hours a week, and I want to LEARN to produce some tracks. My friend has been using FL Studio ever since it was just Fruity Loops and swears by it, but I'm a Linux guy. I've also been very inspired by Girl Talk's success and would like to do some types of stuff mixed in with more of my tempo of "good". CAN ANY BODY HELP ME? I realize I may need to ditch the kid and the woman, but that's gonna hurt more than help, so it's a no win situation. Best I can do is stay up all night with headphones. I may even turn my laptop into a Linux laptop too since I don't have to let the sloppy 13 yr old use it (with her AIM and her uncanny ability to turn a computer to complete **** within months). HELP ME! - From former DnB DJ Surelock out of Baltimore/DC.

[MatthewWaterman]

Ha Ha! Oh Dear!
Well you got it right with the dnb!
Thats the genre I produce and dubstep!
Take a look at "Ableton"
Version 7. something has been ported on Linux nicely
As for Fruityloops theres much better software out there, I mainly use Fruityloops for loops for dubstep and sometimes drum and bass
I havnt looked to see if reason is ported but its worth a look.

I think you might have to buy your kid either a netbook,laptop etc or a bugs bunny dvd, either way stand your ground, im addicted to linux, I have a simular problem with my missus she doesnt understand, she kicks me off for facebook, anyway good luck :P

[Stochastic]

I can beat match on a set of technic 1200's and totally flip some oldschool drum n bass vinyl or breaks vinyl, trouble is, i'm 30 years old with a kid and a very, VERY talkative fiance' who eats up my free time (and the kid pushes me off my Linux computer so she can watch Bugs Bunny via .avi's), I work close to 40 hours a week, and I want to LEARN to produce some tracks. My friend has been using FL Studio ever since it was just Fruity Loops and swears by it, but I'm a Linux guy. I've also been very inspired by Girl Talk's success and would like to do some types of stuff mixed in with more of my tempo of "good". CAN ANY BODY HELP ME? I realize I may need to ditch the kid and the woman, but that's gonna hurt more than help, so it's a no win situation. Best I can do is stay up all night with headphones. I may even turn my laptop into a Linux laptop too since I don't have to let the sloppy 13 yr old use it (with her AIM and her uncanny ability to turn a computer to complete **** within months). HELP ME! - From former DnB DJ Surelock out of Baltimore/DC.

You may find LMMS to be the best software for you.

[mr.thraz]

there is no one app that can replace a daw like flstudio, ableton or reason.
but working together all these Linux apps can do much more than any one of the win/mac apps could do alone.

rosegarden and Lmms are perhaps closest to flstudio (which is an odd duck even in windows) but if you look at them by themselves they will come up short in terms of ease of use and functionality. however once one gets use to linking apps together through jack as needed, you'll find you have very few limitations that would mirror a traditional windows/mac daw.

here is my setup.

Drums and samples
Hydrogen 2 : replaces the fpc and aspects of the piano roll and step-sequencer
Freecycle : replaces edison, slicex, the fruity slicer and fpc.

Sequence
Rosegarden : replaces aspects of the piano roll and step-sequencer, replaces aspects of the fruity soundfont player

Synths
Zynaddsubfx : replaces just about every synth you can think of
Linuxsampler : replaces just about every synth you can think of

F.X.
Jack Rack : ladspa effects rack
JAMin : mastering suite
Creox c : realtime guitar effects

D.J.
Mixxx : Replaces deckadance
Sooperlooper :can be used as a replacement for live mode
Terminatorx : replaces the fruity scratcher/wave traveler




Hardware:
HP Pavilion dv9000, 250gigs HD, Amd64 Athlon X2, 4 gigs of ram.
M-Audio radium49 midi keyboard.
Akai MPD18 midi drum pad.
Behringer bcf2000 motorized midi fader box.
Behringer bcd3000 USB midi d.j. Controller.
Behringer fcb1010 midi foot controller.
Hercules DJ Console Mac Edition.
Mixman DM2 Digital Music Mixer.
Ion ITTB USB Turntable.
MXL USB .006 condenser Mic.
KRK Powered Rokit5 Monitors.

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v321/19/21/600829054/n600829054_885347_8714.jpg

[surelock22]

there is no one app that can replace a daw like flstudio, ableton or reason.
but working together all these Linux apps can do much more than any one of the win/mac apps could do alone.

rosegarden and Lmms are perhaps closest to flstudio (which is an odd duck even in windows) but if you look at them by themselves they will come up short in terms of ease of use and functionality. however once one gets use to linking apps together through jack as needed, you'll find you have very few limitations that would mirror a traditional windows/mac daw.

here is my setup.

Drums and samples
Hydrogen 2 : replaces the fpc and aspects of the piano roll and step-sequencer
Freecycle : replaces edison, slicex, the fruity slicer and fpc.

Sequence
Rosegarden : replaces aspects of the piano roll and step-sequencer, replaces aspects of the fruity soundfont player

Synths
Zynaddsubfx : replaces just about every synth you can think of
Linuxsampler : replaces just about every synth you can think of

F.X.
Jack Rack : ladspa effects rack
JAMin : mastering suite
Creox c : realtime guitar effects

D.J.
Mixxx : Replaces deckadance
Sooperlooper :can be used as a replacement for live mode
Terminatorx : replaces the fruity scratcher/wave traveler




Hardware:
HP Pavilion dv9000, 250gigs HD, Amd64 Athlon X2, 4 gigs of ram.
M-Audio radium49 midi keyboard.
Akai MPD18 midi drum pad.
Behringer bcf2000 motorized midi fader box.
Behringer bcd3000 USB midi d.j. Controller.
Behringer fcb1010 midi foot controller.
Hercules DJ Console Mac Edition.
Mixman DM2 Digital Music Mixer.
Ion ITTB USB Turntable.
MXL USB .006 condenser Mic.
KRK Powered Rokit5 Monitors.

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v321/19/21/600829054/n600829054_885347_8714.jpg

Seriously, how much money am I going to need to START with hardware BEYOND the PC, such as a live MIDI interface for starters, and whatever else is needed to BEGIN with making / remixing tunes. I'm really trying to remix more than anything, but I need a live piano interface of some sort, right?

I've been spinnin' records for years but I'm such a beginner with producing. Please don't laugh.

[themusicalduck]

@mr.thraz

Thanks for that post. I might have a go with this combination at some point. Just a couple of questions for you:

Which audio interface/soundcard do you use? Jack never wanted to play well with my M-audio card. Presumably you use the RT kernel too? What kind of latencies do you get?

Also do you think this software setup can really compare to something like a Cubase and Reason combination?

It sucks a bit for me because the Nvidia drivers don't work well with two kernels, so I can either have the RT or generic but not both. :(

EDIT: I clicked on latest post on home page and thought mr.thraz's post was the first post.. xD Sorry for hijacking the thread..

[Mazza558]

I recommend LMMS.

Well, that's because I help with the project (documentation etc), but yeah. It's exactly what you're looking for as an FL Studio replacement.

[Miscible21]

Your setup is sick Mr. Thraz!

[mr.thraz]

Seriously, how much money am I going to need to START with hardware BEYOND the PC, such as a live MIDI interface for starters, and whatever else is needed to BEGIN with making / remixing tunes. I'm really trying to remix more than anything, but I need a live piano interface of some sort, right?

I've been spinnin' records for years but I'm such a beginner with producing. Please don't laugh.

i won't laugh, to start out with just get a u.s.b. audio card and a midi keyboard.

if you have the money, get a set of audio monitors. you can find these things pretty cheap on craigslist.

there are a bunch of lists of hardware known to work with linux just google it. all in all not one piece of hardware cost me more than $100.

@mr.thraz

Thanks for that post. I might have a go with this combination at some point. Just a couple of questions for you:

Which audio interface/soundcard do you use? Jack never wanted to play well with my M-audio card. Presumably you use the RT kernel too? What kind of latencies do you get?

Also do you think this software setup can really compare to something like a Cubase and Reason combination?

It sucks a bit for me because the Nvidia drivers don't work well with two kernels, so I can either have the RT or generic but not both. :(

EDIT: I clicked on latest post on home page and thought mr.thraz's post was the first post.. xD Sorry for hijacking the thread..


i'm actually using a Hercules d.j. console (mac edition),lol.
my latencies are around 2-3 ms.
yes i do use the a rt kernel but not the one that came bundled with ubuntustudio, i use the kernel from a/v linux

"linux-image-2.6.29-rt1-avlinux-realtime-pae_2.6.29-rt1-avlinux-realtime-pae-10.00.Custom_i386.deb".

that stopped the problem i was having with lockups on my machine.

i can now use compiz and my rt kernel, although i do get an error every time i install something. everything works though.

yes i do think it compares. i'm working on a blog showing my production method. you'll see what i mean. its been left dead since last year but i'm going to be up dating it by Monday.

www.tuxbeats.blogspot.com

[mr.thraz]

Your setup is sick Mr. Thraz!

thanks:D

[mr.thraz]

I recommend LMMS.

Well, that's because I help with the project (documentation etc), but yeah. It's exactly what you're looking for as an FL Studio replacement.

i like lmms but its probably at the point where fl 4 was at years ago.

thats not a dis, lmms is developing faster than fl ever did , i find it amazing but put fl9 & lmms side by side and you see fl is the big brother graduating collage while lmms is just hitting puberty.

lmms needs some presets for its instruments, needs a better drumming/sampling method, i'm glad it finally has a mixer but i was always confused by the relationship of the bassline editor and the song editor, it makes absolutly no sence to me. this is coming from a guy who learned to produce on fl.

o.k. that last one is proably my fault but still...

i know, i sound like a jerk. keep in mind i was the guy to introduce lmms to the guys over at www.warbeats.com and now we all watch lmms development closely.


all in all i'm impressed with lmms but it is no replacement for fl in the same way gimp is no replacement for photoshop,

well thats not fair either. gimp will never replace Photoshop.
but lmms development will one day overtake fl.