17 Apr
2014
17 Apr
'14
6:54 p.m.
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:34 AM, rosea grammostola <
rosea.grammostola(a)gmail.com> wrote:
With Ardour3, NON, NSM, Carla, Radium, Supercollider, we should have
enough tools to be able to produce music with Floss software right? But
yeah, the difference is that a commercial tool like Bitwig gives you a more
or less 'ready-to-go-product' whereas with Floss linuxaudio software you've
to jump from workaround to workaround. But I don't give up hope yet! :)
I don't know... Maybe it depends on the kind of music you are doing. I've
been using Ardour2/3 (and Rosegarden, previously) for years to produce
various symphonic scores and heavy metal recordings, among other things,
without resorting to workarounds. The only thing I am missing on Linux are
good orchestral sample sets (I have to use Windows for that, on a separate
machine). There are some free ones but they just don't compare to what is
available commercially. It's not a failing of Linux, though, it's a failing
of producers who don't release for Linux. If Kontakt ever gets released on
Linux, I will be dropping Windows in a heartbeat.
FWIW, I like Reaper, too. I use it on Windows to host VST samplers like
Kontakt or EWQL Play. As a recording & mixing environment, though, I far
prefer Ardour (and Mixbus).
--
Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com
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would overturn the world."
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