> > Roger Munford wrote: > > My son, who is quite a good musician, is working with cubase at school. > > I can find "equivalents" easily enough but cannot judge not being in any > > way musical myself. Has anybody personal recommendations? > > > > Thanks > > > > Roger > > > > > I haven't used Cubase, but I understand it's pretty full-featured. > The standard free software equivalent would be Rosegarden, which is > a decent sequencer . You may have to add other apps for more > functionality, perhaps Ardour for audio editing, plus some plug-in synths. > > There are other free software sequencers but Rosegarden is the one I've > used and is recommended. > > http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/ > > A music distro such as 64 studio, Ubuntu Studio or Musix would have all > these, with some plug-ins, ready to tinker with. Musix is a live CD if you > want to try it without installation. > > Whether your son will find it a useful substitute is another matter > > I remember using cubase at school on an Atari ST (~1993) - the only real computer for music due to the inbuild MIDI ports. You could play a piece on a MIDI keyboard and have the score written as you played, or drag and drop the notes onto the staves and have it play on the MIDI keyboard. All fairly hi-tech back then.
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