On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 15:16:19 +0200, Fred wrote: >2017-04-11 15:12 GMT+02:00 Charlie Luna: >> does anyone know if any actual music albums have been engineered, >> edited, mastered and produced using ubuntu studio? and if so, what's >> the bands' names and albums? >> >> i still want to record and produce with ubuntu studio but i want to >> use a desktop pic for it and not my laptop so i can have heavy duty >> hardware for it. > >You can do really good job using Mixbus4 or Ardour combined with a good >audio interface (Rme for ex.)
Hi, in regards to software it depends what requirements somebody has got. There's a lot that Linux doesn't provide. I agree that for audio recording Ardour is a good choice. However, until now no good free open source MIDI sequencer exists for Linux. I don't know if a proprietary Linux sequencer is comparable to sequencers for other platforms. There is new proprietary software available, Tracktion and Bitwig, as well as older proprietary software energyXT and perhaps Reaper, but I don't know how good or bad this software is. If you don't need a professional MIDI sequencer, Qtractor could be usable, as well as Ardour. Qtractor might be easier to use for MIDI, but Qtractor can't be used for professional audio, so you better get used to Ardour MIDI, even while it's a PITA. In regards to effects and virtual instruments it depends on what you need. There's a good parametric EQ available from Robin Gareus based on an EQ from Fons Adriaensen. There's a very limited, but within this limit very good reverb available, GxZita Rev1, based on a reverb from Fons Adriaensen. There are a few other usable effects as well and a few usable synth, such as Yoshimi. However, compared to proprietary virtual instruments and effects for other operating systems, there isn't much choice, if any choice at all, when using free open source Linux software. I'm still using real instruments, synth, guitars and real 19" effects or stomp boxes and if I need virtual instruments or effects, I'm using my Linux PC connected to an iPad. IMO and also by my experiences as a professional audio and video engineer, Linux audio isn't in the same street as proprietary software available for other operating systems. In regards to hardware. I've got a RME HDSPe AIO it works, but within limits. Some of the limits are: - just 2 of 8 ADAT channels are available - it cannot be use for Ardour without jackd - the hardware mixer GUI for Linux is outdated - performance in regards to lowlatency doesn't work as good as for other operating systems I've got a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, this USB audio interface provides full working ADAT and lower latency than the RME card, so it doesn't matter that the analog domain of this audio interface can't compare to RME, since it only matters how good the connected ADAT gear is. Anyway, USB devices work only class compliant, so the hardware mixers aren't available. IOW for zero latency monitoring you still need an analog mixing console. To cut a long story short, personally I don't know anybody using Linux for professional music productions, some subscribed to http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user are doing this, not necessarily using Ubuntu Studio. If Linux fulfils your needs, depends much on what you want to do, resp. what you expect that Linux audio provides. Regards, Ralf -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
