Hi Miranda,
I am using ardour with hydrogen and Muse (instead of Rosegarden, because I never got it to sync properly via jack). In my 2nd response to the thread "Start 2 functions of apps at same point of time" of August 22nd 2010 on this list I explain in detail how my setup works, combining the three apps mentioned above. UBS is a great system for audio production, the only thing I´m missing from ardour is the capability to build side-chain effects. Cheers Rolf On 20.12.2010 18:52, Ĥod wrote: > Miranda, > I never did it, but it is possible to work with Ardour and Rosegarden, > because of JACK. I just work with Ardour, so I have no idea about how RG > works, but have you ever seen the Rosegarden`s tour at: > http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/tour/ ? > > Take care > --- > Verdajn brakumojn el la plej verda loko de la tuta mondo, > > Sammondane, > Ĥod > > > 2010/12/20 Miranda Pennington <[email protected]> > > > I am wondering if some people could offer me advice on how to go about > > recording/creating some pop music with vocals. My boyfriend and I used to > > use Sony Acid for making our humor music, but I like using Ubuntu for all my > > other computing needs, so I'd like to use it for making music too. > > > > Typically, what we would do is create a rhythm track and then he improvises > > vocals and lyrics while I play the keyboards. After about ten minutes of > > noodling around while recording, I take the vocals and midi data, chop it > > up, organize it into a song, assign synth sounds to the midi data, process > > the vocals, and record any additional instrumentation it needs to flesh it > > out. > > > > I know that I want to use Hydrogen, auto talent, sound fonts, synths, and > > effects plug ins, but I'm not sure what the best sequencer or DAW would be > > to use to for recording or mixing, or how to go about pulling everything > > together. Do I have to use Ladish with a sequencer and a DAW and route > > everything together, or can I do most of this inside of one program? I'm > > thinking qtractor looks like the easiest to get a handle on, but the lack of > > envelope automation for fx, panning, and volume is sort of holding me back > > from using it. I use those a lot and I don't know how I would get along > > without them. I also need to be able to chop up the vocals and move the > > parts around fairly quickly. Also, I need to be able to save sessions so I > > can work on something here and there. I've seen that Ardour will be coming > > out with midi support in the future, so should I just wait to use Linux for > > what I want to do until it comes out? Would Muse be able to do what I want? > > I read somewhere that envelope automation is available in muse, but I > > haven't been able to find any info on how to use it. I'm guessing rosegarden > > could do all of this, but it looks difficult to use. Maybe that's unfair > > assumption though. I'm not sure. I don't mean to sound picky, but the > > interface on rosegarden looks very difficult t navigate to my eyes. > > > > I've searched on the web for comprehensive tuts, but I'm not finding much > > on my own. If anyone would be willing to blog a tut on how they put together > > their music, I would be forever grateful. Even if your music is totally > > different, just seeing how someone else goes about setting everything up to > > make a song from start to finish would be really helpful for me and anyone > > else who wants to get into Linux audio production and doesn't know where to > > start. > > > > Also, if anyone has some advice on how to get the Linux Sampler up and > > running with the piano library on Ubuntu, that would help me out. I know I > > need the Linux sampler back end along with jsampler or fantasia, but I > > haven't had any luck getting to it to work. I also play piano and do my own > > singer songwriter stuff. I would like to be able to record piano as midi > > data and use Linux Sampler for the piano sound. Since it's solo piano, it > > has to sound decent. How do I record it along with vocals? > > > > Thanks for reading such a long question everyone. Your responses are > > appreciated! > > > > Here are some examples of what I and my boyfriend do (that I would lie to > > accomplish with Ubuntu) - > > > > The humor music - http://www.myspace.com/richydynamoandthefantastics > > My more serious stuff - http://www.reverbnation.com/mirandapennington > > > > -- > > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > > > > -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
