From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 8 05:21:59 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D6BB106564A for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 05:21:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmfepo102.cox.net (eastrmfepo102.cox.net [68.230.241.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B844F8FC0A for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 05:21:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo110.cox.net ([68.230.241.223]) by eastrmfepo102.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20120408052152.DDIT26743.eastrmfepo102.cox.net@eastrmimpo110.cox.net>; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 01:21:52 -0400 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([98.164.83.206]) by eastrmimpo110.cox.net with bizsmtp id vHMr1i00D4T5sES02HMsQD; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 01:21:52 -0400 X-CT-Class: Clean X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A02020A.4F812070.001F,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=9p1evl5cAK1ZYNWAcfn8X6IfAmCGuOPdFgneQpdUexw= c=1 sm=1 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=cRs4AX/51puMaUeRAuoQtw==:17 a=_pxgbcHMAAAA:8 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=18VILcvkonxroj2ZnQoA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=cRs4AX/51puMaUeRAuoQtw==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Received: from cox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q385LpEr053781; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 00:21:51 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 00:21:46 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: Mario Lobo Message-ID: <20120408002146.2ed24f3a@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <201204072239.02765.lobo@bsd.com.br> References: <201204072239.02765.lobo@bsd.com.br> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Music production on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:21:59 -0000 On Sat, 7 Apr 2012 22:39:02 -0300 Mario Lobo wrote: > On Saturday 07 April 2012 21:04:41 Tony wrote: > > Hello! > > > > Is anybody aware of any talented producers who produce their music > > primarily on FreeBSD? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Tony > > > Man, that has been my dream for a good while! > > Ardour is a fine multitrack but no MIDI, at least on FreeBSD. And > FBSD itself has lots of issues with MIDI. > > Besides that, there is the driver problem with most professional > sound boards. > > I am going to attempt something a quite bit out of my league which is > try to port the alsa drivers for my echo Gina3G board to FBSD. If I > can manage to do that, then I believe the rest will fall on my lap by > gravity. > > I hope I don't blow up my desktop. > > I'm eager to read the replies to the OP. > And I'm sure I'm not the only one here who's eager to hear of any progress you may make with this most ambitious undertaking of yours. :-) Keep us posted, please? Conrad (who can't even get Rosegarden to run at all lately) :-( -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net