Ubuntu Rebuild plus Music Importing and Mixing

[Paul Gear]

Rob Farquhar wrote:
> Hi, folks. I've not made any concrete progress on upgrading my Ubuntu
> system yet; I want to dedicate a full weekend to it and we've been busy
> with family stuff.
>
> In the meantime, though, I've started helping a friend with some
> computer woes of his, and I'd like your advice and suggestions.
> ...
>
> The main question is, which OS should I install? Now, I know this seems
> a silly question to ask of an Ubuntu user group, but Dave's situation
> and needs mean the answer isn't obvious (at least to me).  The main
> deciding factor is Dave's hobby. He's been using an version 3 of a
> program called MAGIX Audio Cleaning to process the audio data from his
> turntable and convert it into several digital formats. The most current
> version, 15, appears to only be available on Windows, but it's cheap
> enough that he can afford it. I have a spare legitimate WinXP disc and
> key so he can get a legal system up and running, and can recommend
> freeware antivirus and anti-malware products like Avast and Spybot
> Search & Destroy, not to mention MailWasher.
>
> So is there a program of similar function to MAGIX that will run on
> Ubuntu? If so, what other programs would Dave need to consider should he
> get serious about mixing? How is Ubuntu overall with music creation /
> manipulation?

I haven't used it for serious mixing, but Audacity is the first thing
that comes to mind.  You can create multi-track waveform sounds with it,
run processes over them (e.g. echo, noise reduce, etc.) and then export
it to various formats at the end.  For an application more focused on
music composition, Rosegarden would be more the thing.

Paul

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