I was a Cakewalk-user since the very first 2.0 Version for windows 3.11.
I started with the DOS version.
And except some versions (7 and 8) it has been and it is the most stable program >on windows. Cakewalk Sonar 5.0 is very good.
It runs the whole day long without breaking down.
I’m glad to hear that. Sonar 1 and 2 is what caused me to break down.
Its slightly different with gigasampler (Gigastudio 3.0). It has a good >performance but is not very stable.
I’m pretty pleased with linuxsampler. Generally it runs for… checking… my current instance has been running for 11 days, and I play 1-2 hrs a day. That said I can crash it at usually the most annoying times. Now that ardour2 is out perhaps I’ll take a harder look at it.
since this time I use the >Interface with much fun and I already got additional Converters from RME (two 8 >Channel ADAT AD/DA “ADI 8 pro”).
Cool, you are well on your way towards replacing that motu with a digiface… which has excellent driver support for windows, mac, and linux, and a non-arrogant company behind it.
Yes there is much software for Linux. But i am not familar with this os.
No better time to start than today. Or better, please take a hard look at studio to go or one of the other distros I mentioned earlier.
Three core points:
- they come with ALL the major linux music software
- several of the distros are “live cds” - you can experiment without installing
- Perhaps a student of yours would like to try it out.
Why not start on windows and migrate to linux some days after tomorrow.
Because developing for windows costs time and money which are both in short supply.
Because supporting window costs time and money which are both in short supply.
Donations of both time and money are gladly accepted.
Currently handling mac and linux are several full time jobs.
Lastly, there are plenty of pretty good DAWs already in the Windows market.
I already installed Linux on a second PC but as I said, most of my software is >for windows and there are some plugins I really depend on.
I was very dependent on a few plugins. I’ve found Linux replacements for all of them in swh-plugins, tap-plugins, cap-plugins, and cmt.
Well, I really miss antares. However:
Ardour, running in 32 bit mode, supports many a vst plugin. (still, except antares and quite a few of the more complex ones). If you’d like to list your favorite plugins and what they do, someone here can point you at near-equivalents in ladspa.
And the other thing is, that there are too less PCs with a linux system.
A lesser percentage every day, I hope.
Anyone has Windows.
Not me. Do I sound like a fan boy? I have a mac, too. No windows.
And I have no chance to bring my pupils to the point of installing a new OS for >only one main application named ardour.
rosegarden, sooperlooper, bristol… all those and more come with a modern linux music distribution…
and you don’t need to actually install linux to try it, as I said.
Best regards, Markus