eeepc and music software

[Gert van Santen]

Jay Vaughan schreef:
>> 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 .
> ;

Thanks Jay - very useful info :-)

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