[LAU] Tests of Linux DAWs

From: David Baron <d_baron@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Jul 25 2007 - 16:29:51 EEST

How I work:
1. Produce highly articulated MIDIs, premixed.
2. Import into DAW.
3. Record voice and any live instruments.
4. Remix all and mix analog output to stereo audio

or:

4. Digitize all the MIDI tracks to audio tracks
5. Mix all to stereo audio.

Windows Tools:
1. Soundtrek Jammer Pro -- arranging aid. Works mostly with Wine. No native
GPL equivalent.
2. Ntonyx Style Enhancer -- enhances MIDI, can produce phenonemal or medicore
results. Works somewhat in Wine. No native GPL equivalent.
3. Cakewalk Home Studio -- (Sonar's little sister, much more bang for the
buck) works 100% and recording audio over MIDI is perfectly on time (others
failed here). Newer versions require newer windows. Does not work with Wine.
4. Cakewalk Express -- their el cheapo, 2 tracks audio only but last of their
programs to work with Wine. Good for first alternative.

Trying Linux Tools:
1. Rosegarden, probably most well developed.
2. Muse (unfortunately, 1.0Pre1 segfaults). More oriented towards softsynth
rendering.
3. LMMS. No so new any more, but MIDI output still does not work. Has own
softsynth.
4. Qtractor. New boy on block.

Test 1: Import of MIDI outputs of Jammer/Style Enhancer

1. Rosegarden imports it 100% Must select option to preserve initial pan, etc,
on playback. All the controller (there are a lot of them) are there. Has
event lists and controller "rulers" in the piano rolls to show them. They do
not show on track graphics.

2. Qtractor seems to import just fine. Have not found equivalent option for
initial panning but these are not critical since things are remixed either
way. Cannot confirm within the program as of yet if all those controllers
came in. Had crash but this is still under initial development.

3. Muse. Not currently working. Have tried earlier version which seemed to
work but this program is more oriented to soft synths.

4. LMMS. Imports the file but then tries to route through its internal synth.
CPU power and be the problem doing this. Such things did work is some cases
in older Muse.

5. Traverso -- audio only

6. Ardour -- audio only

Stay tuned for audio recording tests in Rosegarden and Qtractor.
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