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After being inactive on the recording front for a couple of hundred years i have invested in some tech to help(?) me start creating or more like recording music again. Well, i have a piano but its hard(for me) to complete stuff without recording it. This is partly due to the fact that i am not skilled enough in the art of performing. I need some tools. Since i am more into ideas than the art of playing an instrument its not a problem. I just need some tools.

Being an advocate of open source software free as in ”free speech”, not as in ”free as beer”, i have decided to start climbing on what i expect will be a steep learning curve for me. Musical end results aside i hope to be able to contribute back to some of the many projects  i will be using. Maybe, i’ll be able to contribute with documentation so that others find it easier to start music creation with open source software.

Well, here is what i got:

- Core i7 generic pc
- Fedora 14 operating system
- Röde NT1A mic
- SM Audio Mic Thing
- Roland FA-66 Firewire audio interface 192KHz/24bit
- Roland A800 Pro midicontroller

- QTractor
- Jack
- Linuxsampler/Qsampler
- Hydrogen
- Fluidsynth/QSynth
- Jack-rack
- Loads of plugins, effects

Older synths:
- Roland Jupiter 6
- Bit-99
- Some old modular synths and drum machines

So its basically just a computer and loads of free software. You need cables, interface, mic and such regardless of what platform you choose for your recording/creative environment.

I have just begun to set it up but i know some of you that did not even know you could produce music using other products than those from Apple may wonder ”What can you do with the software? What software instruments are there?”

Follow me as i discover that myself