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On 05/12/2011 10:54 AM, James Morris wrote:

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> On 12 May 2011 09:48, Ken Restivo  wrote:

>> My 10-year-old daughter has started to express some interest in music.

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>> Somewhat predictably (and perhaps unfortunately too) she is into pop-star house stuff: Selena Gomez, Lady Gaga, Taio Cruz, Katy Perry, things of that nature. I know nothing of that style of music-- other then occasionally hearing it at the gym-- and I've no idea what tools are used to get those sounds.

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>> She's got a rather ancient Debian ThinkPad  of her own, with a working sound card. And I've got her set up with the basics, including the zita-at1 autotuner which so far to my ears seems to be the the number 1 most important ingredient in this style of music.

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>> Are there any synths on Linux which I could set up for her which are good for getting those kinds of house/techno/pop sounds?

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>> Also, what might be a good, simple sequencer for this kind of stuff? I've used seq24 for years but I don't know if that's the right tool for the job here.

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>> I'm trying to keep it simple, but if the toolchain requires lots of components, I could always write some custom glue in bash/python/whatever to make it easier.

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>> If this is going to require a foray into VST-land, I might be up for it.

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>> If it's not going to be practical without a Mac with GarageBand, maybe I'd want to know that too.

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>> But if I can get something set up, it might help keep her occupied during the summer break.

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>> Thanks.

> LMMS might be worth a look.

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