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I want to put together a stack for hobbyist midi music composition. I understand there are a few more components to it than one might expect, but I think VMPK and Qtracer are going to be part of it?

Any tutorial links or suggestions appreciated!

https://vmpk.sourceforge.io/

https://qtractor.org/

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[-] pebbles@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago

Surge XT can do 98% of everything I need. It has a ton of waveforms, filter types, and modulation options. It's a great synth.

In the rare case that SurgeXT can't do what I want, I turn to zynaddsubfx. It is complicated, but really one of the wildest synths out there.

Last resort is this open source fork of VCV rack I found. So at the end of the day if you need to you can just build the synth you need.

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