Finally got some time last night to do a little recording on my Lubuntu/ardour setup. I wasn’t doing anything serious, just wanted to lay down some sounds to experiment with software, workflow, and getting a good sound out of my new cajon.
The result is here. No sequencing or drum programming going on (obviously), just laid down one track at a time into Ardour and mixed down with a handful of plugins. The lead synth is nekobee running through a parametric eq and rotary speaker sim, recorded live into Ardour.
I’m pretty happy with what it can do, though I still feel like the workflow with Jack/Ardour is a little cumbersome. My hardware is kind of flaky too, sadly. Still, there’s something that inspires me more about working with duct-tape and baling wire than with some shiny turnkey system.
