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My main music machine is a Mac and my main everything else system is a Lenovo laptop with Pop!_OS. I would like to have the option to play with ideas on my Linux machine instead of having to switch systems when I feel inspired.

I already own the full version of Bitwig Studio butvI would love to throw some must have, Linux compatible, VST plugins into the mix.

Free sample sources would also be much appreciated.

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[–] julianh@lemm.ee 32 points 10 months ago (11 children)

Vital is... well, vital. There's also a huge collection of basic effects for Linux here: https://lsp-plug.in/

I also use a lot of windows vsts though yabridge.

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Could you please provide a brief description of Vital? I'm in the process of rebuilding my musicmaking setup after a 15 years long hiatus, so I need to update myself on what's out there.

On that note, it looks like I'm gonna go for bitwig over Ardour. Any thoughts/opinions on that?

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

Unless I went to the wrong place, it's a wavetable synth.

https://vital.audio/

[–] julianh@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

Vital is a vst similar to Serum, a pretty popular paid vst. It has a bunch of preset sounds but offers a lot of options for effects and automation to design your own sounds. I use it a ton personally and get a lot of range from it.

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