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| - | ======Qtractor====== | ||
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| - | [[http://qtractor.sourceforge.net|Qtractor]] is a professional-grade, meat-and-potatoes digital audio workstation: it features all the //must-have// features that you would expect from a pro DAW, excellent MIDI sequencing framework, and is actively developed in a sensible and stable fashion. It is written by the developer of [[synths#fluidsynth|Qsynth]], [[samplv1|Samplv1]], [[synths#synthv1|Synthv1]], and the JACK front-end that is so ubiquitous that it //is// JACK to many users: [[qjackctl|QJackCtl]]. | ||
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| - | ===== Strengths [Weaknesses] ===== | ||
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| - | **Familiar** | ||
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| - | If you are a flexible and proficient DAW user, Qtractor will be familiar enough to you to pick up in a week or two. After you customise the keyboard shortcuts and make a few UI tweaks, you're a pro in under a month. | ||
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| - | **Powerful** | ||
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| - | Heaps of features, with more appearing each version. Thanks to the communication that the developer has with his user base, the new features are useful and sensible, not just programmer-centric experiments. | ||
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| - | **MIDI** | ||
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| - | Qtractor can handle both audio and MIDI, but its MIDI features are noticeably strong. | ||
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| - | ===== Weaknesses [Strengths] ===== | ||
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| - | **Complex** | ||
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| - | If you are new to professional DAWs, Qtractor may at first seem complex. | ||
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| - | **MIDI** | ||
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| - | If you are an //audio// engineer and have no interest in MIDI sequencing, Qtractor may be too MIDI-centric for you. | ||
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| - | **JACK** | ||
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| - | Qtractor is a JACK-dependent application, meaning that it can render complex audio routing that could confuse new users. | ||
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| - | ===== Install ===== | ||
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| - | The version of Qtractor made available by SlackBuild.org and other sites can lag behind the latest release. If you're just testing Qtractor, that's fine, but if you use Qtractor on a daily basis then it's worth getting the latest release for ony bug fixes or new features. | ||
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| - | Qtractor can be installed from [[http://slackbuilds.org]]. | ||
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| - | The latest release can be obtained from [[http://qtractor.sourceforge.net|Qtractor]]; [[slackbuilds#versionmod|update the VERSION string]] in the SlackBuild and install. | ||
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| - | http://straightedgelinux.com/blog/howto/qtractor/index.html | ||
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| - | http://straightedgelinux.com/blog/howto/qtractor/howto_qmidi.html | ||
| - | here as a quickstart. | ||
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| - | ===== Documentation ===== | ||
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| - | The user manual for Qtractor was written by the same author(s) who write Slackermedia. Instead of re-printing the manual here, grab the manual directly from [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files/qtractor/docs/]]. | ||
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| - | Also available by the same author is a quick start guide written for [[http://www.linuxidentity.com/us/down/articles/Fedora_15_making_music_US.pdf|Linux Identity Magazine]] (the article was written for Fedora Linux, but using Qtractor is the same). | ||
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| - | **See Also** \\ | ||
| - | Ardour \\ | ||
| - | Muse \\ | ||
| - | Rosegarden \\ | ||
| - | Seq24 \\ | ||
| - | Non | ||
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