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The Linux Softsynth Roundup

Issue 109

From Issue #109
May 2003

May 01, 2003  By Dave Phillips
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Are you ready to rock? Now that you've got ALSA and kernel preemption, add software to turn your Linux box into a synthesizer studio.
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The best closing advice I can give is to suggest that you check out some of the profiled softsynths yourself. I can wax enthusiastic here in print, but the real proof is in the hearing. So go forth, download and install some of this software, and make some joyful noises. I'll be listening.

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email: dlphilp@bright.net

Dave Phillips is a musician, teacher and writer living in Findlay, Ohio. He has been an active member of the Linux audio community since his first contact with Linux in 1995. He is the author of The Book of Linux Music & Sound, as well as numerous articles in Linux Journal.

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Is there a distribution that integrates all this?

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Submitted by VirtualFlavius (not verified) on Sun, 07/01/2007 - 16:50.

I've been using Dyne:Bolic, which is very very nice, especially the Pure:Dyne flavor.

Is there a distro of that sort (not necessarily a live CD) that integrates all the components described above? Meaning, RT kernel with jack, alsa, etc' fully integrated and working properly, all the synths, good MIDI support, wide driver base and high performance on a standard PC.

Kind regards,
VirtualFlavius

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Submitted by @L (not verified) on Sat, 01/27/2007 - 21:40.

A very interesting and usefull article.

Thanks a lot

Wow! I had no idea!

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Submitted by Musician (not verified) on Mon, 09/25/2006 - 14:35.

Absolutely amazing article! I had no idea Linux could do this! Thanks for introducing me to these! More articles like this please!

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