The Tao of Walking Ridge

Ardour is an open source DAW (Digital Audio Workstation).  I tried to get it up and running ever since I started using Linux nearly a year ago, but each time I quit from frustration.  I read much online explaining many of its capabilities, but found little about getting past the very first step - getting the sound to your speakers and doing something with it.  Anything.  Basic stuff.

With renewed plans to record and mix a new album that I call the Open Source Album Project, I decided to install Ubuntu Studio on an old desktop I had sitting around.  If I could get Ardour to work, I’d have a pro quality DAW.  I thought I would write about three things that were key to getting me started with Ardour.  Once you get started, then you can build from there.
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I still consider Yeager’s Air Combat to be the best combat flight simulator I ever flew.  Sure, the graphics are simpler polygons.  But the controls, flight information and above all the responsiveness of the flight controls were the best I’ve ever flown.  The only one that comes close was SVGA Air Warrior, but that flight simulator was better suited to heads up modem play than play against the computer.  Dosbox lets you run this classic on Linux with USB Joysticks on a basic laptop with a nothing special graphics card.  What better way to recycle (old computers) and save money (on operating systems and new games).

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