[OT][tech talk]linux.audio

[Derek Holzer <derek@xxxxxx>]

dear list,

going open source isn't nearly so scarey as some people would have you beleive! 
i got Red Hat 7.3 running on my laptop in one evening, and plan to use Pure 
Data as my main audio playground. there is really a ton of interesting audio 
apps out there [see http://linux-sound.org/ for a start], but i wanted to ask 
people on this list if they have any personal favorites. i'm looking for stuff 
to "replace" tools i used in a Win environment, such as:

1) Sample Editor [a la Sound Forge, CoolEdit] 
2) Noise Reduction DSP [a la NR plug-ins for above, particularly Cool Edit's]
[could this be a CSound object for PD?]
3) Multi Track Editor [a la Vegas, CuBase, etc]
4) DJ Mixer [a la Traktor, etc][there's tons of these on Linux-Sound, has 
anybody tried them?]
5) Convolution App [a la Hog, Sound Hack, Acoustic Mirror, etc][also a C Sound 
object, i have been told...]
6) Granulator [a la granulation gizmos in Audio Mulch, Granulab]

of course, i can troll the PD & CSound lists for some of these things as well, 
but i am curious what you all are using. links and new lists to check out are 
always appreciated!

thx,
derek