Any Musicians on here ?

[BigJBilly]

It does seem like musicians are attracted to fighting games..the attention to detail, the systematic daily approach of practicing the game (instrument), fine tuning one or two main characters (once again like instruments), and if play on an arcade stick, it's even more reminiscent of that hands on feel of practicing a trumpet or piano, etc. That's what I believe anyways as a semi-pro musician.

 

[JDub]

I play guitar well enough, rhythm or melody. A little keyboard and trumpet.

I am, my instrument being FL Studio. You can check some of my work in my sig...PLUGGED.

Have you tried LMMS (Linux Multi Media Studio)? It's free and available for Windows, Mac or Linux. I use it on my Ubuntu system. I've only used LMMS since it's free but it promotes itself as being just as comprehensive as FL studio. If you feel like trying LMMS I'd be curious to see how it compares to FL. LMMS home page: http://lmms.sourceforge.net/home.php

Screenshots for anyone curious (more on the site):

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[BigJBilly]

So is LMMS a full DAW? Is this program anything like GarageBand and it's capabilities? I've been really into composing some electronic music with live acoustic instrument lately.

 

[JDub]

So is LMMS a full DAW? Is this program anything like GarageBand and it's capabilities? I've been really into composing some electronic music with live acoustic instrument lately.

Yes, It's a full DAW. You can check out the documentation in the link to the home page. It's free so trying it out wouldn't hurt. It has midi-support. I plugged my digitech peddle into the laptop via USB and LMMS recognized it correctly as the RP-255 and assigned it a channel. The work-flow is best if you have at least dual-monitors. Ubuntu has multiple desktops so it's prolly the only OS that has good work-flow on one monitor.

 

[AnitaLife]

flute - 8 years
piano- 12 years
double bass- 5 years
bari sax - 1 year
oh and i was a fuckin badass at the recorder back in grade school