Markus Petz wrote: > Hi Ralf, > > On the search for a sequencer you could try Energy XT > (http://www.energy-xt.com). It has a very nice workflow approach. Not > free but cheap (free try-out), and the second incarnation is cross > platform Windows/Linux/Mac. If you don't like the linux version, try > the windows version with winealsa. Notice that I did not really work > with it under Linux so i can not give better hints right now.
Hi Markus :) I know that there is Energy XT, but the test version didn't (and I think still don't) allows to save a project. I think Energy XT will use ALSA MIDI too. When I tried Rosegarden it was relative fine for a while. I need to do real tests, that means to save a project, to see if a sequencer really works. Using wineasio with Reaper there is one big problem and I don't think anything will differ when using Energy XT running on wineasio. Reaper is a very good HD recording and MIDI sequencer, but running on wineasio latencies are extreme long. More worse are the delays when you do a HD recording and try to sync it with MIDI, because it's not only a static delay, when using wineasio you also get to much jitter because of the latencies. I think Reaper is fine and it has to do with wineasio ;). My ASUS hardware and Arthur's Intel hardware seems to need a kernel ex 2.6.27 and some BIOS updates. I'll try to get a new monitor, SCSI hard disk and MIDI outputs expansion for my Atari ST if I can't get any Linux sequencer stable, but if it will be possible to sync a Linux HD recorder by MTC. I made test with Suse 11.0 and different RT kernels, 64 Studio 2.1 'vanilla' install and different RT kernels and 64 Studio 2.1 upgraded to Lenny, just using the 64 Studio kernel. Arthur is running 64 Studio, Arch and Sidux. ALSA MIDI seems to be not very solid, there seems to be the need to have hardware that is perfect for Linux. I don't know anything about JACK MIDI, but even if non-sequencer and dino would be fine, there is still the need to use the bridge between ALSA MIDI and JACK MIDI and both sequencers aren't modern sequencers. I've bad luck with my hardware (it's new, because I had bad luck with my old hardware too). If someone isn't fine with Linux MIDI workstations, but fine with the ethics of Microsoft (or Apple), he better uses Microsoft (or Apple) instead of an 'emulation', because until now wineasio isn't 'fast' enough, but even so wineasio is stable, maybe it's 'fast' enough to get better latencies, less delay etc., when having a faster CPU. My CPU is an 64-bit Athlon dual core 2,1GHz, but I guess troubles with latencies and delay has to do with Periodes/Buffer, maybe there is the Linux Periodes/Buffer added to the ASIO Periodes/Buffer or something like that. Thank you for your information :). It's better to get information about something I'm already knowing, instead of missing informations. Some days ago I googled a lot for 'pro-audio' using Linux. Every solution seems to be audio only, like the Harrison stuff, excepted of the Korg OASIS, but that isn't running FOSS MIDI applications. At the moment I'm confused. Right now I guess I should try to sync some HD recorders as slave and master to my Atari ST, by doing tests to see if there's delay or jitter. If a HD recorder will be stable and in perfect sync when running as slave and master, I should think about getting the needed hardware for my Atari ST instead of struggling with Linux MIDI. Some hours ago I thought about checking out Qtractor, or a 32-bit Linux. I know that the Atari ST is in perfect sync when synced as slave by SMPTE to tapes. Nearly no pre roll is needed and there isn't to hear any jitter or delay. For the needs I've got, I need to sync the Atari by MTC as slave and master, if there will be no MIDI sequencer for Linux I can use. A Linux HD recorder just running as slave 'OR' master isn't a help. Because no one I'm making music with is using Linux too, it would be good to have a software that can run on Apple and Microsoft too. The people next to me with different hardware have troubles with Linux too, that's why they are not interested in Linux :(. The advantage for me is, that a friend would take my mobo, but I don't know which mobo to buy instead. Cheers, Ralf
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