The world of music production is dominated by Apple with Windows running a distant second. Thanks to DAWs like Reaper and open source plung-ins constantly being developed, music production on Linux doesn’t seem like such a crazy idea anymore.
Is there a community or database where people have tested different plugins on Linux either natively or with Wine to see if they can get things working?
I’ll be honest, I’m just starting this journey. My music stuff is still all on Mac.
I’m actually using Ardour as my daily daw, very powerfull (check my profile if interested in libre music). Consider I made electronic music for many years with proprietary software.
Djing on Linux is also not a big deal. With mixx you we have a great software for this.
Mixx is alright if you are a bedroom dj but it’s still a long way from the completion
It seems like a lot of the folk here could be pretty interested in the revival of the Fedora Audio Creation Special Interest Group, as it could become a real powerhouse when it comes to getting more people involved into music creation with Linux.
Really? last time I checked Windows was the dominant player in professional music production but I guess trends can change very quickly.
So there is no real reason preventing Linux to become the domint system at any time.
Huh, last I checked, the professional standard was Mac, at least for recording instruments. From what I vaguely recall, Windows has a latency issue due to how they handle audio stream inputs. I went through these woes myself once while using my guitar & Amp through my computer to practice with headphones on and having the music playing on top. The latency just doesn’t allow you to concentrate on what you’re playing, it completely distracts you. You can get it lower by doing something, I don’t remember what, but that solution ends up introducing random new bugs such as certain audio streams suddenly not playing at all for a while before fixing themselves, and it still doesn’t quite get latency low enough to not notice it.
last time I checked Windows was the dominant player
Huh? I am confused now. Has the cycle come back around again because in the late 90s/early 2000s last I checked when I was into this stuff, Apple was king with Pro Tools. It’s been a while, I used to mess around with FL Studio 20 years ago.
