{"id":17,"date":"2009-08-01T10:50:53","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T00:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zamaudio.com\/?p=17"},"modified":"2012-07-16T02:10:51","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T16:10:51","slug":"installing-awesome-audio-software-for-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zamaudio.com\/?p=17","title":{"rendered":"Installing professional audio software for Ubuntu Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Linux doesn&#8217;t have a piece of software that rivals the usability of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digidesign.com\/index.cfm?navid=507\" target=\"_blank\">Pro Tools<\/a>, you can still do high-quality audio recording with <a href=\"http:\/\/ardour.org\" target=\"_blank\">Ardour DAW<\/a>, a professional digital audio workstation. written for linux\/osx.  Also, you can use your linux machine as a virtual synthesiser by using VST instruments and recording directly into Ardour DAW.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Ardour DAW doesn&#8217;t support 64-bit operating systems with Windows VST support, so you will need a 32-bit OS.<br \/>\nDownload an x86 (32-bit) version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/getubuntu\/download\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu Linux<\/a> and install it.<br \/>\nFollow the guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/help.ubuntu.com\/community\/UbuntuStudioPreparation\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu audio installation\/configuration<\/a>.<br \/>\nThen <a href=\"http:\/\/ardour.org\/download\">download<\/a> Ardour DAW source code and follow the instructions on how to build it with <a href=\"http:\/\/ardour.org\/building_vst_support\" target=\"_blank\">Windows VST support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The following are some screenshots and images of my own setup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Screenshot.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Screenshot1-300x225.png\" alt=\"Screenshot\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zamaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Screenshot1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zamaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Screenshot1.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ardour.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ardour-300x225.png\" alt=\"Ardour (with VST support)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zamaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ardour-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zamaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ardour.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pic.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pic-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Damo&#39;s Audio setup\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zamaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zamaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pic.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"zmmVwU5U3cubs\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -1335px; left: -1060px; width: 389px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spymastersoft.com\/\">halloween spy costumes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Linux doesn&#8217;t have a piece of software that rivals the usability of Pro Tools, you can still do high-quality audio recording with Ardour DAW, a professional digital audio workstation. written for linux\/osx. Also, you can use your linux machine as a virtual synthesiser by using VST instruments and recording directly into Ardour DAW. 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