[ale] MIDI (and music in general) on Linux

[Jeff Hubbs]

Joe -

I would say, don't.  I'm hardcore Linux, but the day I decide that I'm
going to be doing serious video, digital audio, MIDI, or digital image
work a preponderance of the time is the day I go out and buy a Mac.

Jeff

On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 14:35 -0600, Joe Knapka wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I am interested in getting into music production on my PC, and of
> course I'd prefer to use Linux. I know there is a lot of
> mixer/effects/sequencing software out there; in fact there's so much
> that even figuring out what to investigate first is, in itself, a
> pretty intimidating task. So if anyone has experience with such stuff,
> I'd appreciate any recommendations.
> 
> Also, I'm wondering how I can find out if the AC97 sound system on my
> machine's motherboard is MIDI and/or S/PDIF capable. It has the
> hardware D-connector labelled "Joystick", and my understanding is that
> that connector is also used (by some cards) for digital audio of
> various kinds. Unfortunately I have no docs for this mobo, and there's
> no way I'm installing Winblows on this machine just to see what the
> Device Manager thinks of it. Is there someplace in /proc that would
> tell me the capabilities of my sound system?
> 
> Pointers to relevant web resources will be appreciated. I've been
> Googling off and on for a while, but have mainly become increasingly
> confused :-/
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Joe Knapka   j k n a p k a at k n e u r o . n e t
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