Re: Moving From ProTools to Linux? Good or bad?

Mike Rivers <mrivers@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Randy Yates wrote:

1. Install Ubuntu Studio 10.

10? I went to the recommended web site and the DVD that I created
from the iso image says Ubuntu Studio 8

I meant 8.10. Sorry for the error!

2. Configure jack with Applications/Sound & Video/Audio Production/Jack
Control.

What does all of that mean? What's to configure? I don't know jack.

Ha! :) (He's really a nice guy...)

3. Use Ardour to record.

Ah! Finally!

In a matter of an afternoon (OK, and part of this evening) I've done
all three.

An afternoon and part of an evening!!!??? I used ot give new software
only an hour to get to the point where I could do something
useful. Otherwise it was gone. In my old age I have more time to
piddle, so I'll give it two hours. I don't think this is for me.

This is to install the operating system, learn to use the JACK audio
interface, AND learn to use the Ardour application. Plus, I didn't spend
the entire block of time from 3pm til 11pm on this --- I spent perhaps
2 hours of it. That doesn't seem too unreasonable to me.

I submit that it is feasible to use linux to record. I just did it.

Oh, I'm sure it's feasible. But is there any benefit to me? Why might
it be better than what I already have that records just fine? What
hardware is available (that works) which will allow me to record at
least 12 tracks simultaneously? I don't want to go through an
installation only to find that either I have to buy new hardware or
that that there's just nothing yet supported (but that I'm free to
write a driver for whatever hardware I'd like to use).

Understand that I'm not saying that it's a hopeless case, just that I
don't have enough information to make a decision to make the leap, and
it IS a leap. The original poster (troll or not) asked if he should
switch from a well supported and I assume working (for him) mainstream
application to a Linux application. Obviously there's more to learn
about than the cost of the software, and it's more difficult to learn
about Linux applications than ProTools. For one, you can't go to your
local music store and see a demo. You can't download a demo (unless
you're already running Linux) and see how it looks and works on your
hardware. You have rely on the personal experience of individual
users, all of which are different than you are - both in knowledge and
equipment.

You make some good points, Mike. Perhaps I morphed the question in my
mind to "Is it all that hard to get a multitrack recording facility up
and running in linux?", to which I would answer, "No."

I have never used ProTools, so I can't comment on how good it is or make
a comparison to Ardour. In fact, the "silence" version of the recording
I made was one of my first Ardour "gotcha's" - I exported the "session"
to a wavefile, which I thought was the right thing to do. It wasn't.
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