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Cool update... I downloaded rosegarden, but no joy. I am having a ton of fun. But most of all i have fast safe internet, and very powerful e-mail, in a low risk virus environment.



Rob,
"Rosegarden" depends upon the JackAudioConnectionKit to operate and interface with software synthesizers like ZynAddSubFX. Just install "qjactl" and "jackd" from the Ubuntu repository, and all the J.A.C.K.-dependent music applications will work. Although that Ubuntu Desktop O/S has no real-time kernel, J.A.C.K. will function nicely with a latency setting of 1024.
"Audacity" and the "Hydrogen" drum sequencer will function without J.A.C.K.


just looking for clues...
Oren.
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