Music production on FreeBSD

[Conrad J. Sabatier]

On Sat, 7 Apr 2012 22:39:02 -0300
Mario Lobo <lobo at bsd.com.br> wrote:

> On Saturday 07 April 2012 21:04:41 Tony wrote:
> > Hello!
> > 
> > Is anybody aware of any talented producers who produce their music
> > primarily on FreeBSD?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Tony
> 
> 
> Man, that has been my dream for a good while!
> 
> Ardour is a fine multitrack but no MIDI, at least on FreeBSD. And
> FBSD itself has lots of issues with MIDI.
> 
> Besides that, there is the driver problem with most professional
> sound boards.
> 
> I am going to attempt something a quite bit out of my league which is
> try to port the alsa drivers for my echo Gina3G board to FBSD. If I
> can manage to do that, then I believe the rest will fall on my lap by
> gravity. 
> 
> I hope I don't blow up my desktop.
> 
> I'm eager to read the replies to the OP.
> 

And I'm sure I'm not the only one here who's eager to hear of any
progress you may make with this most ambitious undertaking of
yours.  :-)

Keep us posted, please?

Conrad (who can't even get Rosegarden to run at all lately) :-(

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Conrad J. Sabatier
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