Loop-based Music Composition With Linux, Pt. 2 | Linux Today

Loop-based Music Composition With Linux, Pt. 2

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 2, 2007

“In this second and final part I’ll demonstrate some of the
loop-specific tools I’ve found in Ardour, Reaper, and Audacity.
Tutorials and links to project demos are included, so warm up your
headphones and let’s get loopy.

“First up, a brief tutorial on using loops to create a track.
I’ve employed the latest Ardour 2.1 for this article, but the
examples should be realizable on any modern sequencer. In fact,
Ardour itself isn’t really a sequencer, but it happens to work
nicely at the job…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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