[NM] OT: Anybody working with musical Linux applications? need opinions

[Don't t(h)read on my tentacles, Earthling!]

Le 25 nov. 06 à 09:44, Sven Roehrig a écrit :
> sorry for the out topic..but its not much going on lately and
> actually the list was in the past a not to bad place for out topics
> that require a deeper knowledge in  modern sound synthesis.

Sigh… :-/

> I heard about people using Linux in the past but i just stumbled over
> a page with lots of interesting pretty scientiv applications done by
> Linux users...
>
> I wonder what rank this Linux comunity has within the world of
> computer aided sound production.
>
> Is it like a small group that trys to have some apps under theire
> operating system..or is it rather a the science based high end scene
> that uses it?

both

> Can linux applikations run within other operating systems like os x?

some have been ported or run with only a specific compile

> I would like to get a view more hints to make my opinion if its worth
> trying or not...

Under OS X you can use, coming from Linux:
Ardour + plug ins http://ardour.org/
Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Jack http://jackaudio.org/

there may be others, but it's the main ones. Ardour is on the way to  
be an alternative to Pro Tools, it's endorsed by SSL for a week now :)

Specifically on music using linux, the only (bloody really fucking)  
GOOD website I know of is http://www.linuxmao.org but it's in French.

http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/
is one of the specific distribution, doesn't run on macs.

I don't have time to search more things I know there is about  
unfortunately.

Denis =G)