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Hi,
> 2) I am a user of BOTH MIDI and audio. Rosegarden is

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> pretty much MIDI only.

> Their audio solution won't begin to match what you

> are used to on the PC

> side. Ardour is completely audio. It has no MIDI

> solution. The main point is

> that this has not changed much since last September,

> so I don't expect it to

> change very quickly. I could be wrong, but I don't

> expect it. Linux

> developers are generally unpaid and things don't

> move as fast as the $$$

> world.

I think a development worth observing is Jack O'Quin's

jack_transport work. As jack clients incorporate his

work syncronization of clients should become drop dead

easy.
What I find encouraging about linux based audio is the

freedom--not the free of financial costs. In a free

development model users are encouraged to request that

their favorite jack clients incorporate

jack_transport. When developers don't place a priority

on requested features cash donations can be offered.
These cash donations are excellent investments because

they inherit the attached freedom and become available

to everyone. As the user community grows, more

features should be requested and paid for.
I don't think linux audio solutions are all things to

all people, yet! However, I am hopeful that

developments during the next couple years will cause

us to become more productive and creative than the

proprietary communities.
I think jackd and libsndfile are excellent testaments

for the practicality of freedom. It's encouaging to

see developers of distinct solutions work towards

common interests.
My partners and I have four distinct production

systems in our studio; 32 track ADAT, standalone

hdr/daw, mac-digital performer and linux. We've owned

several other tape based solutions. As an engineer

studio owner, the only one I am inspired to invest

time and money into is linux. My partners and I have

been running our studio since 1983/84. During that

time I never had a developer give me any meaningful

time until I stumbled upon the linux audio community.
I think linux audio will become more immediately

gratifying with time. Meanwhile, it requires vision

and persistance.
> I think that Muse is a very capable program, and

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> really the only solution

> today IF you depend on BOTH audio and MIDI.

Mark, what about syncing ardour and rosegarden or

other midi apps? That's my intention. I suspect this

will be feasible soon. Have you been following the

jack_transport developments? BTW, it's good to see you

getting into the game with the HDSP card. :)
 It's

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> interface isn't too bad,

> although I always feel like I'm in an Excel

> spreadsheet trying to make music

> when I use it, but it's a well designed program for

> what it is.

>

> On my side I've given up completely, for the

> foreseeable future, using Linux

> as the main creative platform. I need Pro Tools or

> Cubase SX/SL to do what I

> want to do. However, I am using Linux as an

> amazingly wonderful audio

> routing and mixing platform between all my sound

> sources and PCs, as well as

> utilizing a lot of really great little processing

> apps (freqtweak, tapiir

> and Jamin) along with Linux soft synths.

I'm pretty good at learning to work with the tools

that are available--whether linux or other. Of course

there are points where that's not enough.
ron
> As Robert said, go slow, don't set your immediate

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> goals too high, and make

> sure the tools are really designed to do what you

> need them to do. The good

> Linux tools are really great!

>

> Cheers,

> Mark

>

> 

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