On the software front, Ardour is definitely the most complete DAW. <a href="http://www.ardour.org">www.ardour.org</a> I think it's in the repositories. Audacity is great for just editing short sections of sound, or for a quick way to get ideas down, but Ardour is much better for multitracking. <div>On 23/08/07, Matthew Larsen <<a href="mailto:mat.larsen@gmail.com">mat.larsen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> oh yeah forgot about that :-). I have a Behringer 1202 (Ł60). Nice little thingymabob. Ps a good site to find this stuff is <a href="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk">www.dolphinmusic.co.uk</a> On 23/08/07, Pete Stean < <a href="mailto:peteste@googlemail.com">peteste@googlemail.com</a>> wrote: > On the mixing desk front, one of the little Behringer jobs with 4 XLR inputs > would probably do you if you're looking for a cost-effective solution - > simple, straightforward features, easy to use etc  :) > > A Behringer Xenyx 1202 would probably suit unless you need more inputs or > you want to do more fancy processing on the board rather than in post - I > have one, it's fine and was bloody cheap too > > Pete > > On 23/08/07, Matthew Larsen <<a href="mailto:mat.larsen@gmail.com">mat.larsen@gmail.com</a> > wrote: > > TBH From my experience professional recording on linux simply isnt > > there yet (well, at reasonable prices anyway). > > > > However some pointers: > > > > Hardware wise I would most definately reccomend a professional > > soundcard. Try the M-Audio 2496 for a cheap decent prof card (about > > Ł60-70). Whatever card you get, make sure it is compatible with ASIO. > > ASIO is an interface specifically made for professional audio mixing > > apps, the main thing it does is reduce latency like crazy. > > > > You want to have Balanced Inputs. > > > > You want a Mixer. That takes Balanced XLR inputs. > > > > Balanced means that 3 signals are sent: The first is the normal > > signal. The second is an inverse of that signal. The third is a ground > > signal. The signal is recreated by taking the difference of the normal > > and inversed signal. Noise generated on the line is then removed using > > the ground signal. > > > > Microphone wise, you can't go wrong with an SM58 (Ł50-60). SM58 is > > your bog-standard dynamic vocal mic. Great for live / outdoors etc. > > For instruments try the SM57. If you have a good environment and want > > a nicer 'studio' sound invest in a pair of Rhode NT1's. (Ł100 > each) > > A pair will let you do stereo recordings (research stereo pair - takes > > advantage of the cardoid nature of the mics), and because they are > > compressor mics as opposed to dynamics you get a much better sound. Be > > gentle with them though. > > > > For drums try an SM57 on the snare and hi-hat, SM58 on the bass drum > > and the NT1's in a stereo pair over the cymbals. Not a brilliant > > setup, but costs sod-all. > > > > For software something like Audacity simply is not powerful enough for > > music recording etc, something more beefy is needed. I personally am a > > Logic fan and will refuse to work with anything else for more than 5 > > minutes, so I'm not a lot of help here. > > > > > > I am in no way an expert but I hope this helps > > > > Regards > > > > On 17/08/07, Neil Greenwood < <a href="mailto:neil.greenwood.lug@gmail.com">neil.greenwood.lug@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > On 17/08/07, Mark Harrison < <a href="mailto:Mark@yourpropertyexpert.com">Mark@yourpropertyexpert.com</a>> wrote: > > > > What I need advice on are: > > > > > > > > - Advice on what audio editing software I need (I'm coming from an > Adobe > > > > Audition / CoolEdit) background, and the key features I need are > > > > FFT-based noise reduction, track volume normalisation, and in-line > editing.) > > > > > > Audacity seems to be mature and have lots of features. It's also > > > available on Windows. > > > > > > Jono Bacon started a team to develop Jokosher, but I don't know how > > > far they've got with it. I don't think they've released v1.0 yet, > > > although I could be wrong on that - haven't heard much about it for > > > months. > > > > > > > > > Hwyl, > > > Neil. > > > > > > -- > > > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> > > > <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a> > > > > > > > > > -- > > Matthew G Larsen > >   > <a href="mailto:mat.larsen@gmail.com">mat.larsen@gmail.com</a> > >   > <a href="mailto:matthew.larsen@logicacmg.com">matthew.larsen@logicacmg.com</a> > > > > -- > > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> > > <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/"> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a> > > > > > -- > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> > <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a> > > -- Matthew G Larsen    > <a href="mailto:mat.larsen@gmail.com"> mat.larsen@gmail.com</a>    > <a href="mailto:matthew.larsen@logicacmg.com">matthew.larsen@logicacmg.com</a> -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div>