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[edit] HOWTO Build a Gentoo Digital Audio Workstation

[edit] Introduction

This HOWTO takes you through the steps required to configure your Gentoo system as a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). It relies strictly on software and assumes that you do not have any external hardware such as synthesizers, keyboards or mixers. If you do have external hardware, things will be that much easier, but it's up to you to figure out how to make it work.

The applications of choice in this HOWTO for composing music are Rosegarden and NoteEdit. They both allow you to interactively listen to your work as you compose.

If you're not interested in trying to configure a Gentoo system and instead just want to get to the business of composing, there are other systems which are specifically designed to run as digital music workstations. See the Reference section below for links.

DAW-tailored Linux distributions

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[edit] System Configuration

Before you can run any of this software, you have to configure your system for the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) and Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA). You do not want to use ARTS, the KDE sound server, or ESD, the Enlightened Sound Daemon. These are both fine sound servers, but JACK is a professional sound server. Stick with the JACK + ALSA combination.

[edit] Installing the applications

[edit] System Control Software

[edit] Software Synthesizers

[edit] Composition Applications

[edit] Running the applications

  1. Start up JACK with qjackctl
  2. Start up your soft synths
  3. Run Rosegarden

[edit] References

[edit] Other applications you may want to investigate

  • Ardour
  • CSound
  • Common Music?
  • Hierarchical Music Specification Language (HMSL)

[edit] Preconfigured systems

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