I just got a new bass effects pedal that can be connected to a computer through USB. Along with it I got Cubase LE 4, and according to the manual I had to install the asio driver to be able to record.
I installed wineasio instead of asio and Reaper instead of Cubase and set things up after this guide. As expected, nothing happened when I connected the pedal and tried to record something.
Does anyone know what I’ve missed? I know absolutely nothing about audio, so help would be great.
I’m no expert but I have tried running sequencing/multi-tracking software on openSUSE before and it was complicated. You need to install a special version of the kernel and set up the Jack daemon to run in the background so your various audio applications can connect to each other.
I didn’t have much success but I did find out about something called 64 Studio. It’s a Linux distro based on Debian designed specifically for audio production. The kernel, Jack, etc are all pre-configured and it comes with a selection of audio software. You could install this on a seperate partition and then install Wine and Reaper - there are instructions on how to do this on their website.
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Might be worth posting your question about the effects pedal on their forums too.
Good luck!
****, that sounds complicated. Maybe I should just plug it to my line in input and see if that works.
Fair enough, though you say you’ve already installed Reaper and Wineasio on openSUSE so it shouldn’t be too hard to install it again on another distro. Partitioning is quite easy to do with gparted - you can get it from the repos or download a liveCD or liveUSB image from their website GParted – Welcome
Of course it’s what’s right for you that matters. Keep things simple is probably the best way to go! 
Here’s another site with lots of links to music software for Linux - Sound & MIDI Software For Linux
Thanks, I think I’ll try that. Although it would be a bit annoying to have to reboot my computer every time I want to record something.