[64studio-devel] Re: Online music collaboration packages?

[Daniel James]

Hi Rob,

> I started out 3 months ago on Google on Windows, searching for software
> which would allow me to collaborate on music projects with other
> musicians over the web...I didn't find it.
> BUT I did find and experiment with Linux which I haven't explored
> before.  I found and experimented with Ubuntu, Debian and DeMudi and
> last but not least of all I've installed the 64Studio 0.9.4 (which
> doesn't boot for some reason but thats not why I'm emailing) and am
> eagerly awaiting 1.0.

Please let us know why it doesn't boot, as there may be something we 
need to fix for 1.0. Do you see an entry for 64 Studio in your 
bootloader menu? If so, what error message do you get after selecting 
it? What kind of hardware have you installed 64 Studio on?

> I've only now found that there is the Ardour Session Collaboration tool
> (http://packages.debian.org/experimental/sound/ardour-session-exchange)
> as an experimental package which is what I started off looking for, but
> I don't dare install it.

It's already in 64 Studio, although you can't see it yet of course :-)

Once you do have 64 Studio working, run session_exchange.py and you'll 
see it start up. The current limitation is your available internet 
bandwidth, since Ardour sessions can be large. However I believe it 
works pretty well if you're on the same LAN as the other musicians.

Cheers!

Daniel