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The moment I can verify a solution for my music production workflow on Linux, I know that I'm out as well.
I don't know what you're currently accustomed to or what the feature/workflow differences would be, but I've had some music folks I know be successful with Ardour and Reaper. Have you checked to see if those would let you do your thing? The other problem I've had is audio interface support in Linux, but that seems to have improved a lot. I've got an old Axe I/O Solo that didn't work at all a few years ago but now seems to have full support.
I use FL, but yes, it's less the DAW that is the issue and more so my VST libraries and audio interface.
Yeah I bought a MacBook Air to replace my old beatmaking Windows computer. I'm loving it!
Where are you on that process? I do 2D visuals and i'm at the point where all software that i use is available on Linux, but i have yet to actually try it in practice
I haven't had a lot of time recently to look, but I know FL studio can mostly be set up to work through wine. The problems exist in the plugins/VST's/ the VST management softwares/ the Audio interface drivers and latency.
Yeah, i ruled out Wine as an option pretty early on and i don't remember why. May have been compatibility issues?
I have cheap audio interfaces (C600, Alesis IO2, M-Audio FastTrack Pro and such), and apparently they're supposed to be natively compatible with Linux. Huge if true, on Windows i had to install drivers for each of them, including a community-built one. I don't know what this means for pro interfaces but it's encouraging
Gaming and Clip Studio Paint for me. (Maybe some other stuff that I just haven't thought of.)
Needless to say, every day my Windows 11 machine bugs out on me I get closer and closer to just giving Linux a solid try for the first time since college.
Gaming was one of my reasons as well initially, but it has gotten a LOT better on Linux in recent times by the look of it so I just have music remaining on my list. I also don't use CSP but I have many friends who do art and can understand not wanting to move away from it.
Have you tried something like Wine or even Proton for it? I know that Proton is thought as more for games, but it runs Windows apps in general. Just add the app as a "game" in Steam and tell it to run with a version of Proton.
This, video gaming has blazed a path forward for music production workflows to fully embrace linux.
It isn't just a single application is the problem, it's the VST plugins and their respective management softwares, drivers for audio interfaces, and some other such things. I use FL studio and I have seen people get it mostly working in wine, but its all the other stuff that creates an issue.
Im at the same point. I spent quite some Money on Studio one and plugins....i'll probably try a setup with Wine and/or Yabridge soon. Wouldnt mind that much if i had to switch to Reaper.
If you do so, I would be interested in hearing about the experience and any troubleshooting you had to perform to fix problems.
What do you do? I have been doing some hobby stuff with generating music once a few months.
Nothing serious, but music seems to actually be the only area on desktop (outside of development) where Linux is fully competitive.
My workflow is in FL studio, however the bigger problem is my VST libraries. I have the entire Arturia V collection as well as many, many more plugins and I am unsure if they would run on Linux, or if they do, how well. This is unfortunately a big problem as my collection of VST's total into the thousands of dollars. I suppose I could run a windows VM to make everything function, but then I would probably have problems with latency/connectivity on my audio interface when I want to patch any of my hardware in, if drivers are even available for the interface in on Linux (It's just a scarlett 2i2 I believe).