Re:A musician tells his story of switching from Mac to Ubuntu
by brusch on Monday March 14, 2011 @06:02AM
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I've recorded probably about 30 songs in Ardour on linux and probably had one crash at all.
Best thing is to start with a distribution with audio focus (I'm using AVLinux http://www.bandshed.net/AVLinux.html). Then the base system is set up the correct way for your hardware.
Now, this may be changing with Ubuntu Studio, but unfortunately a majority of commercial hardware is still strictly Windows/Mac (and sometimes spotty at that). Our mostly self-recorded/produced/mixed album (http://glasscannonband.com/albums/the-chill-room) was done in Windows 7 with Sonar with a Firepod 24bit firewire interface. It wasn't perfect, but it worked.
I couldn't imagine walking into a recording session with a Linux setup and running into a bug (I experienced dozens upon dozens while experimenting with Linux) and trying to sort it all out while the band waits.
Again, I think this is just a time vs. money thing. The post even alludes to this ($3000 upgrade vs. $600).
If you wanna do digital recording, save yourself the hassle: go Mac or Windows with the wonderful REAPER software (from the same dudes that developed WinAmp!).