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> Roger Munford wrote:
> > My son, who is quite a good musician, is working with cubase at school.
> > I can find "equivalents" easily enough but cannot judge not being in any
> > way musical myself. Has anybody personal recommendations?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Roger
> >
> >
> I haven't used Cubase, but I understand it's pretty full-featured.
> The standard free software equivalent would be Rosegarden, which is
> a decent sequencer . You may have to add other apps for more
> functionality, perhaps Ardour for audio editing, plus some plug-in synths.
>
> There are other free software sequencers but Rosegarden is the one I've
> used and is recommended.
>
> http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/
>
> A music distro such as 64 studio, Ubuntu Studio or Musix would have all
> these, with some plug-ins, ready to tinker with. Musix is a live CD if you
> want to try it without installation.
>
> Whether your son will find it a useful substitute is another matter
>
> I remember using cubase at school on an Atari ST (~1993) - the only real
computer for music due to the inbuild MIDI ports. You could play a piece on
a MIDI keyboard and have the score written as you played, or drag and drop
the notes onto the staves and have it play on the MIDI keyboard. All fairly
hi-tech back then.
