[ardour-dev] Newbie Here

Mon Aug 9 21:48:22 PDT 2004

I don't have anything to do with CCRMA or Redhat.  I don't use either.
But I would suggest Redhat with CCRMA.  I use Gentoo and compile
the source code for all sound applications.

If you are really that new to Linux, go to the BestBuy or other local 
software retail outlet and just buy Redhat 9.0 for $35.  A couple of years ago, 
I was a Linux newbie and I had the same motivation.  Protools and 
Nuendo are way out there.  The thing is that your motivation is sound
recording.  Get the simplest distribution and install it quickly.  If you 
start downloading distributions, you are going to spend a long time
figuring out how Linux works.  You are not going to be able to avoid
figuring out how Linux works, but at least in the beginning, you should
get a distribution up and running.  Then go to 
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/planetccrma.html
and go through all the steps of installing.  Read all of the crap you
can about latency issues and Jack, http://jackit.sourceforge.net/
If you are going to be into this, you will become very familiar with
the quirks of the Jack Audio Connection Kit.  

Linux sound is NOT easy.  You are going to have to be very very
committed before you even record a sound.  I have found it  incredibly
rewarding, but it is NOT easy.  But save yourself the headache of not
being able to figure out how to install Linux until later.  I settled on
Gentoo because I liked the idea of maximum optimization.  But it took
many forays into Linux ins and outs before I was prepared to do that.
Redhat will install easily relative to other distributions, and it will still
confuse the hell out of you.

Mine is just one opinion, but I think we should be honest with the
newbie.  You are going to feel like you are trying to do everything with
the opposite hand for a while.

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Larry Lines

   -------Original Message-------
   > From: Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano <nando at ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
   > Subject: Re: [ardour-dev] Newbie Here
   > Sent: 10 Aug 2004 04:04:09
   >
   >  On Mon, 2004-08-09 at 17:33, Brandon Daggerhart wrote:
   >  
   >  > I don't do mailing lists, so I hope I'm doing this email thing right.  I have
   >  
   >  > been recording for several years now, and have never been interested in DAW
   >  
   >  > recording before because of the outragious costs of most decent recording
   >  
   >  > software (such as Protools, Nuendo, etc).  I recently built a computer though,
   >  
   >  > with the plans of building a DAW.  I use a Delta 1010, have 512 megs RAM, use
   >  
   >  > an Athlon ASUS XV700 motherboard and 2500 Processor.
   >  
   >  
   >  
   >  Sounds good to me.
   >  
   >  
   >  
   >  > I would like to try out
   >  
   >  > ardour, but I don't know the slightest thign about it, or even about LINUX.  
   >  
   >  > Does Ardour have an install package of any sorts, or would I have to know all
   >  
   >  > about the codes adn such necessary to unzip and install things on LINUX.  
   >  
   >  
   >  
   >  Well, you will have to learn a bit about Linux, I'm afraid :-)
   >  
   >  
   >  
   >  There are several options you can consider. First, there are several
   >  
   >  popular flavors or distributions of Linux available (for example,
   >  
   >  Debian, Fedora, Mandrake, Gentoo and many many more). You will need to
   >  
   >  decide on one to install on your computer (or ideally you can test
   >  
   >  several to see which one you like best). Each one has advantages and
   >  
   >  disadvantages. Most of them have package collections or have modified
   >  
   >  versions of the base distribution that add the required audio packages
   >  
   >  you will need.
   >  
   >  
   >  
   >  > Also, what is a good distribution for ardour that would work with the hardware
   >  
   >  > I use?  ( I understand that some distributions have had problems with
   >  
   >  > Athlon-based hardware).  For that matter, how do I even get a version of
   >  
   >  > LINUX to use?  My DAW I've build (or, am building), is not hooked to the
   >  
   >  > internet, so I would need to burn something to CD I assume.
   >  
   >  
   >  
   >  Some options you have:
   >  
   >  
   >  
   >  For Debian: the Demudi branch of the Agnula project. They have cdroms
   >  
   >  available.
   >  
   >  [http://www.agnula.org/]
   >  
   >  For RedHat or Fedora Core: Planet CCRMA (the one I manage so I can't be
   >  
   >  very objective :-). Planet CCRMA has cdroms as well but you will find
   >  
   >  the latest versions of packages at a given time in the online
   >  
   >  repository.
   >  
   >  [http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/]
   >  
   >  For Mandrake: Thac's RPMS for Mandrake, AFAIK no cdroms are available
   >  
   >  [http://rpm.nyvalls.se/]
   >  
   >  For Slackware: AudioSlack, audio packages for Slackware.
   >  
   >  [http://www.audioslack.com/]
   >  
   >  Gentoo: has ebuilds for most of the interesting audio packages
   >  
   >  [http://www.gentoo.org/]
   >  
   >  
   >  
   >  Check the archives of the linux-audio-user mailing list, there was a
   >  
   >  thread recently about the "best distro for audio"...
   >  
   >  
   >  
   >  -- Fernando
   >  
   >  
   >  
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