On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 03:51:15PM +0800, Chris McCormick wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This is a request for information about which bit(s) of software
> people would recommend for a particular musical workflow. I build
> my synthesizers in Puredata and I have an uc33 controller to do knob
> tweaking via midi. This Christmas my girlfriend is getting me a USB
> midi keyboard and I'd like to start writing some 'live' tracks using
> that. Puredata's strong point is not sequencing and notation, so what
> I need is an application that I can send midi notes and controller data
> through, which will remember them and pass them on to Puredata. Ideally I
> could go back after playing a track live, and shift notes around, modify
> controller envelopes etc. I am happy to do something like use vmidi
> loopbacks or whatever. I'm on Debian and my preference is for something
> that won't pull in too many wacky dependencies, but please don't let that
> stop you suggesting something. I use Fluxbox and mostly Gtk based apps.
>
> Thanks very much for your time!
>
Seq24 would be my personal preference.. very good for loop-based
and live sequencing. Or alternatively Muse or Rosegarden for more
cubase/cakewalk-like sequencers. All are available with apt-get.
James
Received on Wed Nov 29 00:15:03 2006
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