where do i start with music production?

[S. KiLLz_thatzSdot]

whats up everybody? im new 2 ubuntu and linux. my cousin built a computer for me with linux/ubuntu, simply because of the free programs.
im an aspiring producer. i've made beats on cheap yamaha keyboards and video games (mtv music generator 3: this is the remix). because of my low budget my cousin thought that this would be my best option. i,ve been trying and i cant figure anything out. like i said i've made beats before but i cant get anywhere on my pc. any help would be much appreciated!!!

basically what i'm asking is what programs should i use ? and how to use them? what additional accessories do i need if any(i just need to make beats dont need to add vocals so no mic is nessicary)? if somebody could help me out with the basics i could probably figure out the rest by myself.

[saidinesh5]

dude...if you want to make beats.......simply go for hydrogen....

linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2008/06/making-musicbeats-on-linuxubuntu-with.html

and apart from that...you may even want to try out stuff like Rosegarden,Muse,Ardour etc they are professional DAWs so you there you can do much more than just making beats.......but if you simply want to make beats then hydrogen wud b just the right software for you.....there is a version of ubuntu called ubuntu studio that comes preinstalled with all these music making apps...
so you may want to give it a look....(there are even more music making linux distros available...u may even want to give them a shot)

i hope tht solved your problem...best of luck making beats........

[OutOfReach]

Well, I would suggest Hydrogen, and, if you have ever used Fruity Loops, I suggest LMMS (http://lmms.sourceforge.net/) it's a superb program, I suggest you try them out. :)

[paulmerchant]

EnergyXT2 might be what you need. It's not open source, but it's more integrated and easy to get started with than some of the open source projects right now (although I'm watching many of them closely). You can do almost everything with the demo. If you have any questions, there seems to be good Linux support for it on kvraudio.com.