Re: [LAU] need help in san francisco

    Many thanks for responding. I will email you
off list.

On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 18:33 -0700, Ken Restivo wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 01:47:45PM -0700, jim wrote:
> >
> > any body willing to help me out in san francisco?
> > the project is to set up a recording and sequencing
> > system for scratch (semi-pro-quality) recording.
> > i'm an out of work musician but none-the-less
> > willing to pay money.
> >
> > problems include:
> > * determine the right computer to buy
> > for example: buy a tower or a laptop or both? if a
> > tower, what expansion cards to buy?
> > * determine what software to use
> > * determine i/o and other hardware
> > * how to drive a roland X10, other roland digital
> > keyboard?
> > what other external hardware to buy? drum machine?
> > other music instrument hardware? (i like having
> > instrument voices in external hardware so's not to
> > burden the CPU of the computer running recording or
> > sequencing software.)
> > * use existing pro-tools recordings on the new linux
> > system
> >
> > hopefully,
> > jim
> > PS: music store people i've talked to have no clue about
> > linux stuff.
> > i have read reviews and other online info and cannot find
> > what i need: specifics to put a small, basic system
> > together (what CPU speed, RAM, storage... to buy; is there
> > reasonably good quality recording or sound generation or
> > audio playback stuff in expansion card form that works
> > with linux; are there necessary drivers or libraries that
> > are not obvious to someone new to setting up these systems;
> > what are the solutions to problems that typically come
> > with the specific hardware and software components...?).
> >
> >
>
> Wow, that's right up my alley.
>
> I'm in San Francisco and I spent 4 years gigging with a strictly Linux setup (mostly at the Boom Boom Room, Elbo Room, and the former Ti Couz, but all over town), as well as produced and mixed a CD using Linux (http://music.betterthanlahar.com/album/bench-seats-are-for-lovers ), plus tons of my own home-studio stuff.
>
> Some background here:
> http://www.restivo.org/blog/archives/category/geekery
>
> And lately I've stopped playing music but have been doing computer and software consulting including helping a friend upgrade his studio. So I'm definitely looking for this kind of work.
>
> AFAICT, if you're looking for someone with professional experience using Linux as an instrument and a studio, I'm pretty sure I'm the only person around here who's been doing that.
>
> Would be glad to help you out; email me off-list.
>
> -ken
>

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