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DAW software for Linux? (sh.itjust.works)
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Currently looking for a good DAW to run on Linux. I used Ableton Live 11 Standard back on Windows, got it running decently on Fedora with Wine, but kind of want to explore some other options.

Before I used Live, LMMS was actually what I used first while I was learning. I never did anything too real with it so I'm not honestly too sure what it's capable of, but it also seems to be abandonware? Hasn't been updated since 2020, what's that about?

I'm not 100% dead set on using FOSS btw, for this anyways. It would definitely be a plus, but i'll use proprietary if it runs well on Linux and is good at what it does. Are there any other options I should check out or look into? I've heard pretty good things about ardour and bitwig but don't know too much about them.

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[–] LoopDigger@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Bitwig works nicely and has been winning over some Ableton users. Reaper has a Linux version and Ardour is a pretty popular Linux DAW

[–] RhondaSandTits@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Another former Ableton user who moved to Bitwig after moving to 100% Linux.

The pricing of the various tiers is similar to the price of the Ableton equivalents but the upgrades are generally more expensive, however the upgrade process is different so most users find the value for money to be around the same

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

I third bitwig, especially for an Ableton user. It was developed by former Ableton developers and is supposed to be similar to it. It's available as an official flatpak, and it has a 30 day(?) free trial. Some people seem to even like Bitwig better than Ableton. I've been seeing a bunch of videos on YouTube about people moving from Ableton to Bitwig after trying it out.

From what I understand, aside from whether the DAW you like will work you also need to check whether the VST plugins you like will work.

Much later edit: I forgot to mention https://www.zrythm.org/, which is an open source DAW which is supposed to be fairly similar to Bitwig.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Ooo thanks for the zrhythm reco. They might be suitable for me because i liked my time with the bitwig trial, but I'm below even a hobby music maker and only like to mess around every now and then so paying the price they ask for is probably not financially responsible for me at the moment.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 5 points 1 day ago

I second Bitwig. I was an Ableton user before switching to Linux, and shopped around several FOSS DAWs before deciding to just keep a Mac around to use only for music production. But I later found Bitwig, and was able to use that to switch to Linux full time. I am just a hobbyist, but Bitwig is absolutely professional grade software.