[PlanetCCRMA] Includes DAW and Synths?

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

Here's the documentation page - it turns out you can install this
collection on any Fedora desktop:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_jam#Installing_the_Fedora_Jam_audio_packages

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 1:51 PM M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb at znmeb.net> wrote:
>
> There is a Fedora Jam installer that brings in a large collection of
> audio tools at once: https://labs.fedoraproject.org/en/jam/
>
> Warnings:
> 1. Last time I looked it was using the KDE desktop. If that's not to
> your liking you'll need to install a different desktop.
> 2. It is large. It has just about every audio package available.
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 1:26 PM Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
> <nando at ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/18/20 10:27 AM, Martyn Cox wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Can someone advise Planet CCRMA a one box audio solution for linux or
> > > will I still need to source a DAW and plugin synths, effects etc? Wiki
> > > is sparse on detail, from what I understand it is an OS with lowest
> > > latencies for audio baked in but it’s not clear on whether it comes with
> > > DAW baked in or not.
> >
> > Planet CCRMA is a repository that is added to the standard Fedora
> > repositories. It is not a "complete OS" with everything "baked in". To
> > add Planet CCRMA packages you first need to install Fedora and then add
> > what you need.
> >
> > > I’m collating all software I can for an off-line install on a dedicated
> > > linux audio machine with no inet so ideally want to grab everything I
> > > can now before I attempt. I don;’t want to be left high and dry once
> > > PlanetCCRMA is installed that I can’t actually make any music or produce
> > > any sounds with virtual synthesizers.
> >
> > How are you planning on doing the install without a network?
> >
> > Stuff like DAWs (Ardour & others) and plugins (LADSPA, LV2, DSSI &
> > others) have mostly moved to Fedora itself (ie: you do not need Planet
> > CCRMA for that). The regular kernel, when properly tuned, is good enough
> > for _most_ uses.
> >
> > Planet CCRMA currently does not add that much stuff to Fedora, and what
> > it adds is more "specialized" (supercollider, pd and other software).
> > And a kernel that is patched for best realtime behavior.
> >
> > If you are trying things out I would install Fedora and see if what you
> > are looking for is there. But I imagine that is hard to do if you do not
> > have a network connection once you are running Fedora...
> >
> > -- Fernando
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