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On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 01:47:45PM -0700, jim wrote:

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>     any body willing to help me out in san francisco?

> the project is to set up a recording and sequencing

> system for scratch (semi-pro-quality) recording.

>     i'm an out of work musician but none-the-less

> willing to pay money.

>

> problems include:

> * determine the right computer to buy

>     for example: buy a tower or a laptop or both? if a

>     tower, what expansion cards to buy?

> * determine what software to use

> * determine i/o and other hardware

> * how to drive a roland X10, other roland digital

>   keyboard?

>     what other external hardware to buy? drum machine?

>     other music instrument hardware? (i like having

>     instrument voices in external hardware so's not to

>     burden the CPU of the computer running recording or

>     sequencing software.)

> * use existing pro-tools recordings on the new linux

>   system

>

> hopefully,

> jim

> PS: music store people i've talked to have no clue about

> linux stuff.

> i have read reviews and other online info and cannot find

> what i need: specifics to put a small, basic system

> together (what CPU speed, RAM, storage... to buy; is there

> reasonably good quality recording or sound generation or

> audio playback stuff in expansion card form that works

> with linux; are there necessary drivers or libraries that

> are not obvious to someone new to setting up these systems;

> what are the solutions to problems that typically come

> with the specific hardware and software components...?).

>

> 

Wow, that's right up my alley.
I'm in San Francisco and I spent 4 years gigging with a strictly Linux setup (mostly at the Boom Boom Room, Elbo Room, and the former Ti Couz, but all over town), as well as produced and mixed a CD using Linux (http://music.betterthanlahar.com/album/bench-seats-are-for-lovers ), plus tons of my own home-studio stuff.
Some background here:

http://www.restivo.org/blog/archives/category/geekery
And lately I've stopped playing music but have been doing computer and software consulting including helping a friend upgrade his studio. So I'm definitely looking for this kind of work.
AFAICT, if you're looking for someone with professional experience using Linux as an instrument and a studio, I'm pretty sure I'm the only person around here who's been doing that.
Would be glad to help you out; email me off-list.
-ken

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