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    Home Recording through Ubuntu

    Hello, I'm the process of downloading ubuntu because it has been recommended to me and it seems to be more customizable than Windows 7 (which I currently have). Anyways, I'm planning on doing a lot of music writing and recording and was wondering if there are any other musicians here and if ubunto will let me run my recording programs.

    I will not be doing multi-million dollar recording sessions, simply home recording demos, guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards and drum sampling.

    1)I currently use Reaper, ProTools, eZdrummer, guitar pro, and FL studios 9. I was wondering if I would be able to use the same programs through ubunto?

    2) If there are any other musicians, or music engineers. What program do you use to record that is compatible with ubunto and/or what do you recommend.

    Thanks you

    I could not find a similar thread and hope this thread does not violate forum rules and it's in the right spot.

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    Re: Home Recording through Ubuntu

    I'm not in audio production myself so can't answer you questions.. but as far as I know Ubuntu Studio is the platform made for the job.
    Included audio-applications.
    Ubuntu Studio Forum.

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    Re: Home Recording through Ubuntu

    If by your programs you mean Windows programs, the answer is probably negative. Windows programs don't work on Linux, and Ubuntu is not a free drop in Windows replacement. While it is possible to run some Windows program in wine, not all will work.
    That said, I'd recommend taking a look at Ubuntu Studio.
    http://ubuntustudio.org/
    Do expect a rather steep learning curve. There is a sub-section dedicated to Ubuntu Studio users support.
    http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=335

    Best of luck.

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    Re: Home Recording through Ubuntu

    REAPER runs well on Wine (although I don't use it that way). There are quite a few good threads about it on the REAPER forums.

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    Re: Home Recording through Ubuntu

    Ubuntu Studio might be up your street, although I have a feeling to get the most out of what you're trying to do, you might need to use Wine once in a while.

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    Re: Home Recording through Ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by carlosh86 View Post
    Hello, I'm the process of downloading ubuntu because it has been recommended to me and it seems to be more customizable than Windows 7 (which I currently have). Anyways, I'm planning on doing a lot of music writing and recording and was wondering if there are any other musicians here and if ubunto will let me run my recording programs.

    I will not be doing multi-million dollar recording sessions, simply home recording demos, guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards and drum sampling.

    1)I currently use Reaper, ProTools, eZdrummer, guitar pro, and FL studios 9. I was wondering if I would be able to use the same programs through ubunto?

    2) If there are any other musicians, or music engineers. What program do you use to record that is compatible with ubunto and/or what do you recommend.

    Thanks you

    I could not find a similar thread and hope this thread does not violate forum rules and it's in the right spot.
    well Carlos for recording real instruments I personally choose Ardour which is very good and has many many functions and use of a lot of plugins
    manual here

    It is in your synaptic

    ================================

    As regards midi composition I personally use Rosegarden also in your synaptic
    all my compositions here were made on Rosegarden on Ubuntu
    Last edited by shantiq; August 27th, 2011 at 09:13 AM.
    Linux is Latin for off-the-beaten-track
    what I like MOST about our Ubuntu ... The Community ie 50 brains are better than one
    Playing with Slackware too now ...
    ShanArt

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