You're just starting to make music on Linux? This is the place to start!

• You can find some quick howto's and links to tutorials in our 'howto section' on our forum

• Dave Phillips from linuxaudio.org wrote some nice writings for linuxjournal about linux audio applications, system and midi configuration, loop-based music composition etc. You can find them here. (Dave Phillips is a musician, teacher and writer living in Findlay, Ohio. He has been an active member of the Linux Audio community since his first contact with Linux in 1995. He is the author of The Book of Linux Music & Sound, as well as numerous articles in Linux Journal.)

• KXStudio Manual a WIP install guide and introduction to the KXStudio distribution

• Ubuntu Studio Install guide
• HowTo switch from Ubuntu to Ubuntu Studio.
• Ubuntu Studio Documentation.

• Fedora Documentation for Musicians

• An introduction article by Dave Philips about Jack.

* The JACK FAQ

• howto Jack

• An article by Dave Philips about Jack Syncronization.

• An article about it, you can find here.

• QjackCtl Quickstart Guide 64studio.

• Check HowTo QjackCtl

• Check information about QjackCtl, Jack connections and the patchbay at the official QjackCtl website. (Note: there is a new version of QjackCtl, so things may work a bit different now.)

• YouTube download HowTo (for 64studio) 'Unfortunately the flash player plugin for firefox doesn't support JACK, so if you want to playback a YouTube video through jack you will have to download it.'

* Article about QjackCtl and Qsynth (2005).

qjackctl_handleiding4.3_nl.pdf

Cadence is the default JACK GUI of KXStudio but it can also be installed and used under other Linux distributions. As well as controlling JACK it integrates support for ALSA2JACK, Pulseaudio and LADISH studios.

• Tips for recording drums.

• Audio Recording in Ubuntu Studio - Part 1: Plan your Project.

• Howto use Linux (Ubuntu) as your home recording studio

• Ardour 3 PDF manual

• FLOSS Ardour 2 manual

• HowTo sync Hydrogen with Ardour

• Nederlandse handleiding Ardour

1.1 ardourhandleiding.pdf 1.2 ardourhandleiding1.2.pdf LaTeX manualardour1.tar.gz

• Official qtractor PDF manual

• Howto: record a multitrack song using Qtractor .

• Tutorial for MIDI Sequencing with Rosegarden.
• Tutorials for Rosegarden (with Hydrogen, ZynaddSubFX, and more).

• Official Manual for Muse.

• More information about loop-based music composition and recording, check these articles of Dave Philips: Loop-based Music Composition With Linux - part 1, Loop-based Music Composition With Linux - part 2

• ZynAddSubFX manual

• What Exactly is Mastering for?

• Tutorial for mastering with Jamin by Ron Parker.
• Jamin User Interface Basics
• Mastering tips: Loudness, by Ron Parker.

• Some Nice sound effects on Linux with Ardour.

• Great manual by Arda EDEN
• Howto: Jack-Rack as a guitar effect-processor (with LASH)
• Howto AlsaModularSynth as a guitar effect-processor

• Rakarrack is a guitar effects processor for GNU / Linux simple and easy to use but it contains features that make it unique in this field of applications. It contains 10 effects: Linear Equalizer, Parametric Equalizer, Compressor, Distorsion, Overdrive, Echo, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger and Reverb. Demo.
• Article by Dave Philips about Rackarrack. 'Rakarrack includes ten effects processing modules, 80 preset patches, a built-in tuner, and a monophonic pitch-to-MIDI converter'.

• Mixman DM2 with Mixxx Tutorial
• Howto match beats.
• Simple playlist creation and music collection management

• Howto DJing with Freewheeling and Hydrogen. Video

• Article and manual by Dave Philips about LinuxSampler
• Linuxsampler documentation.

• Tutorial for Hydrogen drummachine.
• Howto make an Hydrogen drumkit.
• Make a Roll sound realistic.

• HowTo write beats (with Lilypond) in about twenty different music styles.

• HowTo PureData introduction.

• Guide for the Absolute Beginner.

• Dutch/ Nederlandstalige Beginners Guide

• Some nice Flash Tutorials for the Lilypondtool for Jedit.

* MuseScore is a mature and very popular WYSIWYG music notation program. The main site has a thorough handbook and links to introductory videos and more.

* MuseScore can also export and import Lilypond format, musicxml, and MIDI, and export to PDF and to audio files

• Guide To Drum & Percussion Notation.

notation_tablature_legend_clapton.pdf