On Rosegardens and music
Mar 11, 20:57 by Stefan KoopmanschapI am a geek. There’s little doubt about that, and a lot of people that know me also know I’m a geek. I don’t use the Windows operating system. I don’t use Apple MacIntosh. I choose to use Linux.
Using Linux has treated me well. In my field of work (web development), using Linux is very easy and useful. In my personal life, it’s been no problem to stay away of Microsoft. But in making music, so far it was quite hard to use Linux. I had not really found a good app for making music with my computer.
Now I have. Rosegarden seems to be the music composition tool for Linux. I’ve worked with it for a while now, and it’s been treating me well. Their homepage proudly states:
“the closest native equivalent to Cubase® for Linux” – Sound on Sound
I think that covers the exact power of Rosegarden. It supports the open source plugin system LADSPA, which makes it easy to add more aural power to your arsenal thanks to the LADSPA plugins outthere. Unfortunately, there is a lack of those plugins at the moment. There are a few though, and what it misses in quantity, it adds in quality. Those plugins are really good. There is even a plugin that lets you use VST and VSTi plugins. So why use Windows anymore?
Linux is not there yet as a full audio platform. Especially the lack of LADSPA plugins might keep people from switching. But I think, in the future, Linux will become a good alternative to Windows. Together, Linux and Mac might be able to beat Windows as the perfect platform for an audio workstation.
Rosegarden is available as an open source, free download. It will only work in Linux though.
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