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Hey Ed, I'm just the curious type... What do all of those acronyms behind |
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you name mean? |
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On 2/22/07, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Sean wrote: |
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> > Does anyone know of any packages in portage that a kid can work with |
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> > to teach and perhaps let them play with making their own music? |
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> > Thanks |
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> > Sean |
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> What age group are we talking about? What kind of music? Conventional? |
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> MIDI? Weird electronic? |
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> I don't think there's anything in Portage as user-friendly as, say, |
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> Garage Band. |
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> In any event, there's quite a bit of music software in Portage, but a |
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> lot of it is quite detailed, special purpose, and has a pretty steep |
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> learning curve. There are probably some simple things in the educational |
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> piece of KDE, but I think for someone young, you'd be better off with a |
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> commercial package on Windows or Macintosh than subjecting them to open |
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> source hackery. Unless, of course, that's exactly the kind of musician |
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> they want to be. :) |
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> And it's exactly the kind of musician I am. :) |
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> M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P) |
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> http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/ |
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> If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given |
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> rabbits fire. |
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In vino veritas. |
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[In wine there is truth.] |
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