Re: [SLUG] Question for you slug musicians

From: Derek Glidden (dglidden@illusionary.com)
Date: Thu Jul 05 2001 - 11:54:04 EDT


Norbert Omar Cartagena wrote:
>
> John Grealish wrote:
> >
> > Is there a Linux application comparable to, or better, than CakeWalk or Voyetra's Digital Orchestrator? I need something other than this Winblows set up which too often likes to display its BSD at critical points in my artistic quests. If these two programs are unfamiliar to you, they allow both recording and editing of MIDI and digital audio.
> > Thanks,
> > John Grealish
>
> Ahhh, yes. This is most certainly all too familiar (the very reason that
> I first tried Linux was due to the BSOD that would work hard towards
> stiffling my work (my situation was with Finale, however). In short, I'm
> sorry to report that no, you will NOT get something the quality of
> Cakewalk on Linux (I don't know about the other program). The closest
> thing is Brahms, from what I've seen. Cakewalk kept saying for a while
> that they had a Linux version on the way, but I have yet to see anything
> manifest. Maybe it died with the Stock Market *L* At any rate, though
> there is some OK music software out there for the platform, this is one
> area in which Linux still has not made much headway.

And once again I will repost the URL in case there is something someone
has missed:

http://sound.condorow.net/

There really is a LOT of software out there. Look around, you might
find something that, while maybe not quite CakeWalk quality, does the
job.

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