topic title: antiX 16 as music studio
Posts: 3
morneco
Joined: 18 Nov 2016
#1
Hi,

I'm new to antiX, but used linux for over 18 years. Started with Red Hat, then SuSE. Meanwhile I used windows 95, NT and XP as music studio with Cubase. Also used BeOS 4&5 as studio for a while (very fast and excellent quality). This last experience and the way economics changed the studio landscape, made me return to linux.

First used Corel linux, then ubuntu 10.04 and playing around with Ubuntu Studio 10.
TangoStudio, based on ubuntu 12, was my favourite for years because it was my best music studio I used. But then it got discontinued and Ubuntu was getting heavy to use for my latop (Intel Core2 Duo CPU T5800 @ 2.00GHz 3103MB).

I've been testing several distro's and builds for almost over a year now and antriX looked promising fast and light.

The setup was not that smooth. I had to repair and edit grub, re-set language and keyboard, reinstall wicd to get my wireless card working, edit fstab before I could get to my windows disk. And the best studio setup I could create was disappointing with many Xruns (see image) mysteriously disappearing sound.

I will try it for a few days more and hopefully I can get it right.

AntiX 16 with fluxbox looks and feels good.
Test antiX 16 studio setup.
Test antiX 16 studio setup.
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#2
Howdy and Welcome. My musical experience is just limited to playing a blues harp/harmonica as a amateur. It works for me at a camp fire while
I ride my motorcycle on trips.

Edit: I forgot. Throw us from terminal a inxi report on your install so we can see what you are running.

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inxi -Fxxx
So here is the best I can do for you right now.

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Eino knows a lot about setting up a antix studio version. I shot him a PM to take a look at this thread. In the meantime. I hope you find a solution in the link I provided. Maybe one of those threads shows any fix you may need. Good luck with it.

If you look through inxi -r in terminal. You will see AntiX is Debian with added benefits included without systemd. I am not sure if systemd may be requirement for certain applications you use to install properly or not. I am not knowledgeable enough to know this . Being I am not a
a studio application using AntiX user. All I can say is to run the problematic application through a terminal to launch it.

Then post errors in this thread. Maybe another, more knowledgeable member than me will know how to rid you of that error message.

Happy Trails, Rok.
Posts: 3
morneco
Joined: 18 Nov 2016
#3
rokytnji wrote:Howdy and Welcome. My musical experience is just limited to playing a blues harp/harmonica as a amateur. It works for me at a camp fire while I ride my motorcycle on trips.
I'm also no profesional. The music I make is a mix of industrial elements and nature-sounds (most of them are unrecognisable). I don't use instruments, so it's all based on software and a midi keyboard. That's why want my soft studio to be in good shape.
rokytnji wrote:Edit: I forgot. Throw us from terminal a inxi report on your install so we can see what you are running.

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inxi -Fxxx
Here is the output:

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System:    Host: robbedoes Kernel: 4.4.10-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.9.3)
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.5 dm: slim
           Distro: antiX-16_386-full Berta Cáceres 26 June 2016
Machine:   System: ASUSTeK (portable) product: X71SL v: 1.0 Chassis: type: 10
           Mobo: PEGATRON model: X71SL v: 1.0
           Bios: American Megatrends v: 206 date: 11/05/2008
Battery    BAT0: charge: 32.1 Wh 81.8% condition: 39.2/75.9 Wh (52%)
           volts: 15.0/14.8
           model: ASUSTEK M70--26 Li-ion serial: N/A status: Discharging cycles: 0
CPU:       Single core Intel Core2 Duo T5800 (-UP-) cache: 2048 KB
           flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 3998 speed/min/max: 2000/1200/2000 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA G98M [GeForce 9300M GS]
           bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:06e9
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1440x900@59.94hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV98
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Azalia Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:0f.0 chip-ID: 1039:7502
           Sound: ALSA v: k4.4.10-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 191 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
           driver: sis190 v: 1.4 port: cc00 bus-ID: 00:04.0 chip-ID: 1039:0191
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:23:54:9f:dc:7b
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
           driver: ath9k bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:002a
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:22:43:21:42:9e
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (44.5% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: Hitachi_HTS54322 size: 250.1GB serial: 080819FB2E00LKGH315A
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: Hitachi_HTS54322 size: 250.1GB serial: 080820FB2E00LKGGYDSA
Partition: ID-1: / size: 228G used: 69G (32%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 40.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 137 Uptime: 10 min Memory: 277.4/3031.2MB
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301 running in roxterm) inxi: 2.3.0
rokytnji wrote:So here is the best I can do for you right now.

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Eino knows a lot about setting up a antix studio version. I shot him a PM to take a look at this thread. In the meantime. I hope you find a solution in the link I provided. Maybe one of those threads shows any fix you may need. Good luck with it.
Thanks, Eino's antiX Studio is one of the reasons I wanted to use antiX16.
rokytnji wrote:If you look through inxi -r in terminal. You will see AntiX is Debian with added benefits included without systemd. I am not sure if systemd may be requirement for certain applications you use to install properly or not. I am not knowledgeable enough to know this . Being I am not a
a studio application using AntiX user. All I can say is to run the problematic application through a terminal to launch it.

Then post errors in this thread. Maybe another, more knowledgeable member than me will know how to rid you of that error message.
I knew antiX is Debian and not Ubuntu, that is just another reason. Thanks for the tip of running things through a terminal. Never done this, I was mostly using trial and error methods. __{{emoticon}}__

Musical greetings,
Morneco.
Posts: 630
Eino
Joined: 12 Oct 2012
#4
I'm currently using MX 15 with LMMS and musescore, TiMidity++, and TiMidity daemon, With fluid sound fonts. Everything works right out of the box, with no special configurations.
You could most likely do the same thing with antiX 16.
Posts: 28
33nicolas
Joined: 08 Jan 2017
#5
Wow, you guys really give me hope.

I'm not terribly new to Linux, but still a newbie. I used Ubuntu Studio for a while, AVLinux and tried FXStudio to no avail. I'm now running the latest Antix on an old Dell Laptop and desktop thanks to the suggestion of a generous soul ( @rokytnji ) on LinuxQuestions, who also turned me onto this forum. I just saw that you are here rokytnji. Thanks!

I was a journalist until now, not sure if I still am or not... we'll see. But one thing I want to do is to continue doing my podcasts and light film editing of the products I test. I also play music and have an Alesis drum, a few guitars, a keyboard and a few whatnots I'd love to hook into here eventually.

I need to figure out how to turn this modest old laptop into a fairly usable studio. Eventually, when money comes back, I'll get something beefier.

In the meantime, I have to figure out why the desktop sessions don't remember the settings and a few other inconsistencies I have now. I'm not very proficient with Linux but willing to learn. Apple made me stupid. I can't find my way outside a GUI __{{emoticon}}__ I'm slowly befriending the terminal __{{emoticon}}__

I'm barely crawling and will walk later before I run.
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#6
Go to youtube and subscribe to


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Watch some videos and you will be old hand in no time. Sorry to hear about your career <journalism>. When NAFTA screwed the pooch on me (I was a industrial electrician). I reprogrammed my self to do what I love. Fix motorcycles. I never regretted the move from one career to another.

I have more freedom with the latter. YMMV may vary from mine how ever. Good luck.

Don't limit yourself to just searching and watching AntiX 16 videos. AntiX 13 and under videos are just as relevant in some sections as AntiX 16 is today. Just take it slow and easy.
Posts: 1,139
masinick
Joined: 26 Apr 2008
#7
Roki is right; there are a lot of options and alternatives in our careers, in our lives in general, and in the computer software that we choose to use. To become good in any of them takes effort, reading, research, and practical experience. It's possible though, it simply takes some time to get there and some work along the way.

None of us were experts in the things we know now. Many years of reading, experiments, sharing and learning we've come a long way, but still with many things to choose from. We have learned that"it can be done".
Posts: 28
33nicolas
Joined: 08 Jan 2017
#8
rokytnji wrote:Go to youtube and subscribe to


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Thanks I started. I'm watching a few.
Sorry to hear about your career <journalism>. When NAFTA screwed the pooch on me (I was a industrial electrician). I reprogrammed my self to do what I love. Fix motorcycles. I never regretted the move from one career to another.
Sounds like Zen in the art of motorcycle maintenance __{{emoticon}}__ I'm going in a different direction and will use my journalist skills with me.
Posts: 28
33nicolas
Joined: 08 Jan 2017
#9
masinick wrote:Roki is right; there are a lot of options and alternatives in our careers, in our lives in general, and in the computer software that we choose to use. To become good in any of them takes effort, reading, research, and practical experience. It's possible though, it simply takes some time to get there and some work along the way.

None of us were experts in the things we know now. Many years of reading, experiments, sharing and learning we've come a long way, but still with many things to choose from. We have learned that"it can be done".
100% agree. I was a teacher when bleeding edge interactive cd roms came about and switched to computers. The automotive industry is in shambles, now I'm going elsewhere.

I have a lot of questions about Antix and more. I'll start posting them in the right places. Thanks!
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#10
I have a lot of questions about Antix and more. I'll start posting them in the right places. Thanks!
Read my sticky in new users questions <it is the only sticky there> . The link is in my signature. It will help you learn how to search to previous answers to your questions that come up later on.