3 Jun
2025
3 Jun
'25
1:23 a.m.
On 5/29/25 20:59, Brandon Hale wrote:
I've noticed this also. While I appreciate seeing more linux use, I note
that Resolve and Reaper aren't open source, which saddens me. I do like
Resolve, despite not being open source.
A bit off topic, but two nice features of Resolve that I'll point out
that is that is has a great audio editing system, inherited from
Fairlight consoles. This would likely lessen the appeal of using a
separate audio editor. The second great feature is that is has good
workgroup tools, either based on Postgres locally (or with VPN), or via
their new cloud service. For multi-editor projects, this is great, and
this is a feature that could easily be worth seeing in other tools like
Ardour, Shotcut, or Kdenlive.
Finally, I think I can still safely say that
pro-audio users in the
> Linux world are a tiny fraction of the pro-audio world that includes
> Microsoft and Apple, and we're an even tinier fraction of Linux
> audio users. So maybe there's not a crowd of users clamoring for
> Linux pro- audio tools?
The numbers are small, but I think the numbers are rising. For
instance, very popular youtubers are coming out and saying they're
using Linux for their day-to-day use, which includes their video and
audio editing. I'm talking about big youtubers like Pewdiepie and
SomeOrdinaryGamers, which I think will bring more users to the Linux
audio editing world. I've also been running into more Linux music
makers here and there, in online communities and in real life. I think
a big milestone was Reaper releasing for Linux. After that, it seemed
there was more interest in Linux for audio.
I have no data to back any of this up, but I thought I would share
some of my experience.