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At the Sounding Edge: Music Notation Software for Linux, Part 1
by Dave Phillips
posted 2005-10-26

Dave starts a new series on music notation software and explains why Linux has some of the best available on any platform.

“When I was an untutored rock musician, I envied my colleagues who could read and write music notation. They could access and study material that literally was a closed book to me. So, at one point in my musical life, I dedicated myself to mastering the basics of notation…”

At the Sounding Edge: A September Trio
by Dave Phillips
posted 2005-09-28

What common goal is shared by the Toledo Area LUG and Toledo Hip-Hop? Building a recording studio with open-source software that the whole community can use.

This month’s column is in three sections, indicating the rather busy month I’ve been having. In truth, it’s been more fun than business. So without further ado, here’s the 411 from Studio Dave for September 2005…

Review: Fervent Software Studio To Go!
by Brad Fuller
posted 2005-08-31

I just read an article on Slashdot in which the author claims to have created fire from water. No, really. Although Fervent Software’s Studio to Go! doesn’t claim such impressive magic, it sure does make the life of the traveling musician easier…

At the Sounding Edge: Dave's Distractions
by Dave Phillips
posted 2005-08-29

It’s hard to stay on track when so much great new Linux audio software and resources are being released.

I know I announced last month that I’d be reviewing Jesse Chappell’s Sooper Looper in this column, but to be honest, I’ve been sidetracked. Fortunately, my diversions have provided the material for this month’s column, so here we go with Dave’s Distractions for August 2005…

At the Sounding Edge: FreeWheeling
by Dave Phillips
posted 2005-07-15

A few years ago, one of my students performed a rather unique original piece at a local coffee house. He used one guitar, one bass, his voice and a foot-controlled hardware device called a loop sampler…

A User's Guide to ALSA
by Dave Phillips
posted 2005-06-30

Your Linux system’s sound probably just came up and worked, which is great for games, chat or music listening. But with a little exploration, you can unlock the recording studio inside your hardware…

Generating Music Notation in Real Time
by Kevin Baird
posted 2005-05-16

Kevin Baird’s No Clergy, his doctoral dissertation piece in music composition, allows audience members to influence the musical notation presented on-screen to musicians in a live interactive performance…

MusE: MIDI Sequencing for Linux
by Howard Wen
posted 2005-05-12

O’ReillyNet talks with the developers of MusE, a MIDI and audio sequencer intended to be a complete multitrack virtual studio. Frank Neumann, a 36-year-old computer scientist from Karlsruhe, Germany, and one of the developers of MusE, sums up the current state of music production applications for Linux: “It’s always a nice warm feeling when you show an application like MusE to people and they just go…”