Re: [Rosegarden-user] Noiseless setup for rosegarden
Hi, On 25/03/21 15:43, Claire Darbaud wrote: I've come across Rosegarden in my search for a DAW with a simple interface that helps me keep on task. More signal, less noise... Rosegarden looks VERY promising... and I can't wait to get it opens a new can of worms... which linux distro should I install? I've read your FAQ, but it barely says anything about choosing a distro. Can someone help me gather the bits and pieces I need to get started? As in my search for a DAW, I'm looking for a distro with as little distraction as possible. I'm happy with having to install stuff in a terminal, use bash... yet I'd like to spend as little time as possible struggling with drivers. That really depends on what audio device you have... > My PC is an ASUS laptop with a Core i7 10th gen with 16gb RAM I have a focusrite Scarlett solo sound card This should work out of the box in 'class compliant' mode. I want to use my dualo du-touch as a midi keyboard It is my understanding I need to decide on a linux distro, and then install ALSA and JACK before installing Rosegarden and Lillipond? I think all of those are pullled in by most distributions when installing jack (maybe Lilypond is optional in some cases). Can you recommend a lightweight distro that's got what it takes to code and make music, yet has minimal sources of distraction? This one is really hard. Recommending a distribution is like recommending food,or shoes.. everyone has their personal preferences :-) I'm quite happy with Manjaro XFCE (Arch derivative), since a while both as a 'general' distribution and for music/audio as it has all the needed core packages as well as AUR. Hope this helps, Lorenzo. ___ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
Re: [Rosegarden-user] Noiseless setup for rosegarden
On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:43:49 +0100 Claire Darbaud wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a rusty dev who hasn't coded in years, caring for the kids... etc I > used to work for Oracle as a custom dev consultant, some dba work, some > web, a touch of sysadmin... > I coded boring business stuff for many years... a long time ago. > > I've been researching music, the fundamentals of harmony, composition for > decades... > > Now the kids have grown and I want to record my music, do some more > research and also get back into coding and develop apps and games about > music composition. > > I've come across Rosegarden in my search for a DAW with a simple interface > that helps me keep on task. More signal, less noise... > > Rosegarden looks VERY promising... and I can't wait to get it opens a new > can of worms... which linux distro should I install? > > I've read your FAQ, but it barely says anything about choosing a distro. > Can someone help me gather the bits and pieces I need to get started? > > As in my search for a DAW, I'm looking for a distro with as little > distraction as possible. I'm happy with having to install stuff in a > terminal, use bash... yet I'd like to spend as little time as possible > struggling with drivers. > > My PC is an ASUS laptop with a Core i7 10th gen with 16gb RAM > I have a focusrite Scarlett solo sound card > I want to use my dualo du-touch as a midi keyboard > > It is my understanding I need to decide on a linux distro, and then install > ALSA and JACK before installing Rosegarden and Lillipond? > > Can you recommend a lightweight distro that's got what it takes to code and > make music, yet has minimal sources of distraction? > > Thanks, > Claire i have a similar laptop (asus g73) no major probs hardware wise on it or on my AMD desktop deathstar. Have used Debian-based AvLinux in the past (devved by a canadian musician) but am mostly on Suse Leap or Tumbleweed. No major problems with KDE or XFCE DE's ...being anything but a knowlegable user, more like a permanent beginner :-) love rosegarden, needless to say, they should do away with all the fluff and just roll their own distro! : NB midi hardware can be a 'drivers' issue took me a long time before I could create a midi track with a yamahaha keyboard, you want some positive 'specific' references there before deciding good luck -- ___ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
Re: [Rosegarden-user] Noiseless setup for rosegarden
On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:43:49 +0100 Claire Darbaud wrote: >Hello, > >I'm a rusty dev who hasn't coded in years, caring for the kids... etc I >used to work for Oracle as a custom dev consultant, some dba work, some >web, a touch of sysadmin... >I coded boring business stuff for many years... a long time ago. > >I've been researching music, the fundamentals of harmony, composition for >decades... > >Now the kids have grown and I want to record my music, do some more >research and also get back into coding and develop apps and games about >music composition. > >I've come across Rosegarden in my search for a DAW with a simple interface >that helps me keep on task. More signal, less noise... > >Rosegarden looks VERY promising... and I can't wait to get it opens a new >can of worms... which linux distro should I install? > >I've read your FAQ, but it barely says anything about choosing a distro. >Can someone help me gather the bits and pieces I need to get started? > >As in my search for a DAW, I'm looking for a distro with as little >distraction as possible. I'm happy with having to install stuff in a >terminal, use bash... yet I'd like to spend as little time as possible >struggling with drivers. > >My PC is an ASUS laptop with a Core i7 10th gen with 16gb RAM >I have a focusrite Scarlett solo sound card >I want to use my dualo du-touch as a midi keyboard > >It is my understanding I need to decide on a linux distro, and then install >ALSA and JACK before installing Rosegarden and Lillipond? > >Can you recommend a lightweight distro that's got what it takes to code and >make music, yet has minimal sources of distraction? > >Thanks, >Claire For a new user one good possibility would be AVlinux. It includes most of the software and (importantly) machine settings, for a running system from the start. I don't know if it includes Rosegarden, or if it has to be fetched via the debian package manager. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk http://yoshimi.github.io Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. ___ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
[Rosegarden-user] Noiseless setup for rosegarden
Hello, I'm a rusty dev who hasn't coded in years, caring for the kids... etc I used to work for Oracle as a custom dev consultant, some dba work, some web, a touch of sysadmin... I coded boring business stuff for many years... a long time ago. I've been researching music, the fundamentals of harmony, composition for decades... Now the kids have grown and I want to record my music, do some more research and also get back into coding and develop apps and games about music composition. I've come across Rosegarden in my search for a DAW with a simple interface that helps me keep on task. More signal, less noise... Rosegarden looks VERY promising... and I can't wait to get it opens a new can of worms... which linux distro should I install? I've read your FAQ, but it barely says anything about choosing a distro. Can someone help me gather the bits and pieces I need to get started? As in my search for a DAW, I'm looking for a distro with as little distraction as possible. I'm happy with having to install stuff in a terminal, use bash... yet I'd like to spend as little time as possible struggling with drivers. My PC is an ASUS laptop with a Core i7 10th gen with 16gb RAM I have a focusrite Scarlett solo sound card I want to use my dualo du-touch as a midi keyboard It is my understanding I need to decide on a linux distro, and then install ALSA and JACK before installing Rosegarden and Lillipond? Can you recommend a lightweight distro that's got what it takes to code and make music, yet has minimal sources of distraction? Thanks, Claire ___ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
