stefkeB

Check http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/gifting-season-linux-audio-holidays

They give a nice overview on different possible applications you could use if you are on the Linux platform. From free and open source to commercial and proprietary, there are choices for everyone.

Especially Ardour seems to be getting bigger and bigger, certainly when they finally will handle MIDI in release 3 (not available at the moment). But also MusE, Denemo, FluidSynth and others seem interesting.