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Saturday, August 2, 2008
Open Source
Was talking to a fellow server of mine at the ol Lobster shop about open source apps and what not. I'm actually getting to the point where I'd rather not buy anything and support open source projects I utilize. Here are a few open source programs I am currently using, and have used (quite a bit). Gimp: This is probably the open source program I've used the most. It's pretty much the open source contender against graphic manipulation programs like photoshop. It also has cmky support through plugins. I used this program to design this site and numerous websites. Psycle: I've spent a good amount of time with music apps, creating all kinds of music, from orchestral to rock, to electronic. This is a cool app I use for my electronic music. It's a tracker program (old school), similar to midi. It's a vst host, and it has support for midi controllers. Very similar to buzz tracker, you can make your own "machines" (virtual synth, instruments and effect plugins). So along with buzz machines there are tons of options out there. I enjoy creating music in a tracker environment. May be a little different for other folks though. But it is capable of creating some quality tracks. A bit buggy at times, but it's a pretty good set up for.... FREE! continuing... Audacity: This is a tight wave editing program that I use quite a bit, to lay down quick tracks. Also capable of hosting vst's, has lots of option. One thing that erks me though, is there is no vst gui support, has something to do with the GNU/GNL license. So thats a bummer, but other than that, it's pretty solid. I use waveosour also (cause it's not under the GNU/GNL, so it's got vst gui support yay!!) 7-Zip: This is file archiver app with an awesome compression ratio. Works with tons of file archiver formats (zip, rar, ace, etc...), all the norms. Very useful, and becoming more popular. anyways, theres a few. More to be found out there, sourceforge.net is the best place to start looking for open source stuff. It's nice, and free (but support does help)
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Good blog you have here so far. I came to ask you a question, though, about one of your VG arrangements. You did one for Ninja Gaiden 2, I believe, called Trance. Do you know what track within the game you were remixing at the time? Normally, I'd e-mail you, but I wasn't able to find your e-mail. Any help you can give me would be helpful. Just please leave your answer in the form of a follow-up comment or e-mail me back. Thanks. << Home |
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