[Lust] newbie's question
sl-weiss at tring-guitar.co.uk
sl-weiss at tring-guitar.co.uk
Sat Aug 11 08:55:19 BST 2007
Thanks for that :-)
Kev.
chris at cca.me.uk wrote:
> sl-weiss at tring-guitar.co.uk wrote:
>> hello,
>>
>> I've been using Mandriva Discovery for about 18 months now without
>> problems, and would now like to move legacy wintel audio and notation
>> packages across to Linux.
>>
>> It seems I need to join Mandriva's user club to download rpm's to
>> trial. Does this mean the free ride is truly over?
>>
>> Could anyone suggest another distribution to try?
>>
>> apologies for any inconvenience.
>>
>> Kevin Cook
>>
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> Hi Kevin,
>
> Not at all. Depending on what it is you want to do you may want to
> switch distributions anyway.
>
> If you want a 'studio in a box' then you can't get better that 64
> Studio (http://64studio.com/). Despite it's name there is a 32 bit
> version available and they have just updated to version 2. It is
> Debian based and free. It has an optimised kernel for real-time
> low-latency recording and a very active community.
>
> If you just want an exceptional notation package then take a look at
> Lilypond (http://lilypond.org/). I think it is super, but does have a
> bit of steep learning curve as you control it via text files (though
> there are gui's available for it, I haven't tried). It does well at
> midi to notation and visa versa, though it's main purpose is just
> printed music.
> It should be fairly easy to compile it for Mandriva, if it isn't
> already in the Mandriva repositories, and it is already part of 64
> Studio.
>
> There is a live CD called Studio-to-GO http://www.ferventsoftware.com/
> which costs £80, though a free demo is available. Don't know much
> about this but it has some impressive reviews.
>
>
> Have fun
>
> Chris Allison
>
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