If you want to avoid Micropoop but still record midi files and stuff, you can use a Macintosh G4.
On Tuesday 27 November 2001 10:49 am, George Jones (IT) wrote: > I guess I should clarify this statement. > > There is a serious lack (read: nonexistant) of professional MIDI/Audio > recording software for Linux. There is little, if any support for Linux > from MIDI/audio hardware manufacturers. Basically, I need to keep Win98SE > for music recording as there is nothing that compares to Cakewalk Pro Audio > 9/Cubase VST 5 for Linux. I have managet to get SoundForge 4.5 running > under Wine, and, oddly, the monster soft-synth Reaktor works under wine as > well. > > Windows still slaughter's Linux in this area, I'm afraid. I have, however, > seen that there is some progress in this area with Demudi. But still, there > are no apps available that meet my demands. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Badran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 11:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] problem with linux > > On Tuesday 27 Nov 2001 4:04 pm, you wrote: > > The real problem with linux, for me anyways, is that I can't record music > > on it. Period. > > This is one area that linux destroys windows on as far as i am concerned. > Just take grip - gets the names of the songs artists of a cd from the net, > transparently, Records them to your choice of ogg/mp3 and they are there to > listen to, and tagged properly. I can also play the cd at the same time as > it > is being copied. Its fast, it organises your collection into suitable > directories, it names your files properly, cleans up after itself, and > doesnt > limit my choice of music player. What more can you want? Does windows > support > DSP on the SBLive card? No, but linux does. Does windows now actually try > and > lower the quality of digital ports on sound cards? Yes, but linux doesnt. I > cant think of a worse system for my music than windows.
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