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Ardour 8.1 released - Linux DAW for audio and music production
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In the past couple of years they've really ramped up development of tools for creating electronic music, such as the clip launcher and beat grid. I have only really used it for pro-tools style recording, when I started using it there wasn't even any midi capability. I bet it'd be pretty good for electronic music now, given the right synth plugins.
My favourite thing about ardour is the work flow and the anywhere-to-anywhere audio routing.
I've been using it for 13 years and love it!
Here's some music I used to make with Ardour, Hydrogen and Renoise: https://on.soundcloud.com/QrxQw