Rosegarden

David,

I always had success running Rosegarden on Fedora

--Tom




On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:31 AM, David Tisdell <david.tisdell@...:

> Hi all,
>
> I use Rosegarden to teach composition to middle school students. For a
> long time, I used Studio64 but it wasn't being updated and I was running
> into driver issues on new hardware installations. In August, I installed
> XUbuntu and added all of the music programs I use but have been really
> unhappy with Ubuntu. There have been stability issues and frequent loss of
> communication to software synthesizers. Before I do my next round of
> compositions, I want to ditch Ubuntu.
>
> Does anyone have a recommendation for an audio distro? Remember, I am
> doing this with middle school student so stability and consistency are
> paramount. Personally, I have been a suse person for several years but
> there are a couple of quirks to doing digital audio and MIDI on suse that I
> don't mind dealing with myself but don't want to spring on my students.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dave
>
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On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:31 AM, David Tisdell <david.tisdell@...> wrote:

> I use Rosegarden to teach composition to middle school students. For a long
> time, I used Studio64 but it wasn't being updated and I was running into
> driver issues on new hardware installations. In August, I installed XUbuntu
> and added all of the music programs I use but have been really unhappy with
> Ubuntu. There have been stability issues and frequent loss of communication
> to software synthesizers. Before I do my next round of compositions, I want
> to ditch Ubuntu.

Have you tried Ubuntu Studio? It's tailored and tweaked for audio
production (it uses lowlatency kernel by default, for example). What
sorts of stability issues are you experiencing? I have been using
Ubuntu Studio for several years

-- 
Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com
------------------------------------------------------------------------
"In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it,
it would overturn the world."
    -- Jelaleddin Rumi

On Thu, 21 Feb 2013, David Tisdell wrote:

> I use Rosegarden to teach composition to middle school students. For a long
> time, I used Studio64 but it wasn't being updated and I was running into
> driver issues on new hardware installations. In August, I installed XUbuntu
> and added all of the music programs I use but have been really unhappy with
> Ubuntu. There have been stability issues and frequent loss of communication
> to software synthesizers. Before I do my next round of compositions, I want
> to ditch Ubuntu.
> 
> Does anyone have a recommendation for an audio distro? Remember, I am doing
> this with middle school student so stability and consistency are paramount.
> Personally, I have been a suse person for several years but there are a
> couple of quirks to doing digital audio and MIDI on suse that I don't mind
> dealing with myself but don't want to spring on my students.

Hi David,

I use Xubuntu 12.04 and I am happy with it. My interface is a Focusrite
Scarlett 2i2. There are no stability issues. I use the synths as
DSSI-modules (fluidsynth, hexter, whysynth) for minimum latency and easy
storing/restoring their settings.

- I use the distribution's kernel source with the following tweaks
  for minimum latency:

  make menuconfig
    Processor type and features
      Preemption Model: Low-Latency Desktop
      Timer Frequency: 1000 HZ
  make-kpkg clean
  fakeroot make-kpkg -j 4 --initrd --revision=1.0.hm kernel_image kernel_headers

  Then I have 2 .deb-packages that I install with dpkg -i

- I tweak fluidsynth-dssi to run it on 24 instruments at once
  in dssi.h
  #define FSD_CHANNEL_COUNT  25

- I tweak hexter
  in src/hexter.h
  #define HEXTER_DEFAULT_POLYPHONY  32

Regards
Holger

On 02/21/2013 03:40 AM, Brett McCoy wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:31 AM, David Tisdell <david.tisdell@...> wrote:
>
>> I use Rosegarden to teach composition to middle school students. For a long
>> time, I used Studio64 but it wasn't being updated and I was running into
>> driver issues on new hardware installations. In August, I installed XUbuntu
>> and added all of the music programs I use but have been really unhappy with
>> Ubuntu. There have been stability issues and frequent loss of communication
>> to software synthesizers. Before I do my next round of compositions, I want
>> to ditch Ubuntu.
>
> Have you tried Ubuntu Studio? It's tailored and tweaked for audio
> production (it uses lowlatency kernel by default, for example). What
> sorts of stability issues are you experiencing? I have been using
> Ubuntu Studio for several years

Try Musix 3. Developed by music educators, I understand.

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David
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That sounds very promising. Thanks!

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 3:58 AM, david <gnome@...> wrote:

> On 02/21/2013 03:40 AM, Brett McCoy wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:31 AM, David Tisdell <david.tisdell@...>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I use Rosegarden to teach composition to middle school students. For a
> long
> >> time, I used Studio64 but it wasn't being updated and I was running into
> >> driver issues on new hardware installations. In August, I installed
> XUbuntu
> >> and added all of the music programs I use but have been really unhappy
> with
> >> Ubuntu. There have been stability issues and frequent loss of
> communication
> >> to software synthesizers. Before I do my next round of compositions, I
> want
> >> to ditch Ubuntu.
> >
> > Have you tried Ubuntu Studio? It's tailored and tweaked for audio
> > production (it uses lowlatency kernel by default, for example). What
> > sorts of stability issues are you experiencing? I have been using
> > Ubuntu Studio for several years
>
> Try Musix 3. Developed by music educators, I understand.
>
> --
> David
> gnome@...
> authenticity, honesty, community
> http://clanjones.org/david/
> http://dancing-treefrog.deviantart.com/
>
>
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You're welcome!

On 02/22/2013 06:32 AM, David Tisdell wrote:
> That sounds very promising. Thanks!
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 3:58 AM, david wrote:
>
>     On 02/21/2013 03:40 AM, Brett McCoy wrote:
>      > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:31 AM, David Tisdell
>     <david.tisdell@... <mailto:david.tisdell@...>> wrote:
>      >
>      >> I use Rosegarden to teach composition to middle school students.
>     For a long
>      >> time, I used Studio64 but it wasn't being updated and I was
>     running into
>      >> driver issues on new hardware installations. In August, I
>     installed XUbuntu
>      >> and added all of the music programs I use but have been really
>     unhappy with
>      >> Ubuntu. There have been stability issues and frequent loss of
>     communication
>      >> to software synthesizers. Before I do my next round of
>     compositions, I want
>      >> to ditch Ubuntu.
>      >
>      > Have you tried Ubuntu Studio? It's tailored and tweaked for audio
>      > production (it uses lowlatency kernel by default, for example). What
>      > sorts of stability issues are you experiencing? I have been using
>      > Ubuntu Studio for several years
>
>     Try Musix 3. Developed by music educators, I understand.


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