eeepc and music software

[Jay Vaughan]

> I am looking at the possibilities for making music on a Linux OS
> (I might be buying an eeepc later this year).
> Also: is there anything available that works like Ableton Live
> with some synths/drummachines included?


Renoise works great.

http://www.renoise.com/about/screenshots/

EnergyXT2 as well.

http://www.energy-xt.com/xt2.php

For super great fun, fire up the seq24 sequencer and any one of  
multiple great linux softsynths (zynaddsubfx, omsynth, asynth, etc.)  
and away you go .. very "Live"-like, in that you can record sequences,  
trigger them, mute on/off, etc. and all the while tweak the synths in  
a separate window.

Very fun.  But you have to remember that under Linux, you have to do a  
little setup work before you can start jamming - softsynths run  
independently of each other, and you can make the connections all you  
want.  This very powerful, but you have to be patient and learn how to  
do it a couple times before it makes sense.  A little effort is  
required.  I've had a lot of fun with this in the last 6 months, but  
I'm going back to hardware synths now that I've got my setup a little  
more refined.

**ALSO**: The EEE PC is passé now .. there are far more powerful  
machines for the same amount of $$ on the horizon.  Shop a little.  A  
1.5ghz machine for €300 is available in our local Hofer supermarket  
chain here in Austria: probably you'll start seeing other machines in  
Netherlands too ..

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Jay Vaughan