Linux Recording Studio Software
Linux Recording Studio SoftwareYou probably are well aware of the difficulty in finding recording software for a computer running Linux. While Linux Recording Studio Software is more rare than Mac or Windows based software, it is every bit as good. Some may call you crazy if you record on a Linux box, some may already call you crazy anyway. You can, however, take solace in the fact that you are traveling the road less taken. Even with the smaller market share, you have a number of different options for Linux Recording Studio Software available to you. Some examples you have include: Planet CCRMA, Audacity, Ecasound, and Ardour. Planet CCRMA , a project at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics and maintained by a knowledgeable guy named Fernando, is a collection of software packages that you can add to a computer running Fedora 6, 7 or 8, or CentOS 5 to transform it into an audio/video oriented workstation. With Ardour, a digital audio workstation, you can use it to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. You can produce your own CDs, mix video soundtracks, or just experiment with new ideas about music and sound. Audacity is probably the easiest to use and can be used by most any novice. The author himself uses Audacity for small audio editing projects. It can be found on the popular open source site Sourceforge. Finally there is Ecasound, a software package designed for multi-track audio processing. It can be used for simple tasks like audio playback, recording and format conversions. Ecasound can also be used for multi-track effect processing, mixing, recording and signal recycling. While a lot of Linux Recording Studio Software is open source and thus freeware. If you are building a recording studio you are going to want to spend some money when it comes to hardware. Software will not do you any good if you are using outdated hardware. Manipulating sound is CPU-intensive work. The multi-threaded nature of these applications means that a dual-processor computer will make the work go much faster. That said, a faster front bus and more memory will serve you even better than a faster processor. Sound files are also very large, so you'll need lots of memory to make sure there is plenty of buffer space and plenty of hard drive space to store it. We hope you the Linux Recording Studio software and hardware you decide upon and are making beautiful music together in no time. |