I do all of my music production on Windows, but I am going to give
Linux a try. I have been playing around with the Studio To Go Live CD,
and Ardour, and Rosegarden. Typically I need to work with audio and
midi sync'd, usually under 20 tracks.

Any thoughts on which distribution might work better for me (CCRMA vs
Demudi) ?

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I do all of my music production on Windows, but I am going to give
Linux a try. I have been playing around with the Studio To Go Live CD,
and Ardour, and Rosegarden. Typically I need to work with audio and
midi sync'd, usually under 20 tracks.

Any thoughts on which distribution might work better for me (CCRMA vs
Demudi) ?

Have you previously used Linux for anything non-music related? If so, and
you're used to things being a certain way, then you should consider that
CCRMA is based on RedHat (although the CCRMA team replaces RPM with
apt-get, bless their hearts) and Demudi is based on Debian. A majority of
non-music distros are either based on one of those two, or based on
something that is based on one of those two.

On Wed, 10 May 2006 09:21:32 -0700, tr265 wrote:

I do all of my music production on Windows, but I am going to give Linux a
try. I have been playing around with the Studio To Go Live CD, and
Ardour, and Rosegarden. Typically I need to work with audio and midi
sync'd, usually under 20 tracks.

Any thoughts on which distribution might work better for me (CCRMA vs
Demudi) ?

I believe you can install Studio To Go onto your hard drive.
That may be an easier route than using a different distro.
Also, neither CCRMA or Demudi come with STG's VST support for legal
reasons. (Unless you are prepared to build it yourself, which is not
trivial.)

Other than that, I'd say go with CCRMA. Install Fedora Core 4 rather than
current as it will be a while before there are packages for FC5.
I've never used Demudi, but CCRMA worked well for me when I tried it and
was easy to set up.