Ooof it can get pretty techy. Once you get it set up you likely won't have to mess with it again though.
I've done that set up many times, so if you want help I'm happy to answer questions.
I use a pipewire w/ qjackctl to connect Ardour to my speakers and midi keyboard. I do this on fedora Linux.
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.
Here is my software set up for open source music making (I often use midi and audio input):
Core software:
For SFZ instruments:
Raw samples:
For effects:
Ardour is supposed to have a midi related update for its next big release, so stay tuned.
From my perspective, the simplest set up would be Ardour and SFZ instruments. Mainly because I'm quite used to those two.
For set up you'd just open Ardour, make a new midi track, place liquidsfz as the first plugin on the track, then open liquidsfz and browse to the SFZ file you want to use.
Then you just draw in the midi notes you want using either the edit or draw tool.
For most shareholders in most businesses, the risk is that you are no longer as rich as your peers.
Most US households can't weather a $1000 unexpected expense without going into debt.
To be real, capital gains are the definition of inequality. It is making money by having enough money to own something. There is no other economic force that drives inequality more.
Small business is a decent minority of US employers. It can't be ignored, but it is the unlikely case when sampling by employee or just by random citizen.
At most an owner can be reimbursed for their costs of starting the business. Past that I don't see any reason to give them a special share of the profits. Even that feels generous given how unequal we are, and that fact that having the money to start a business means you are likely more privileged than your employees.
Depends, are you considering the fact that 90% of stocks are owned by the top 10% of Americans? Also are you considering that being in the top 10% means you likely have rich friends and family that could bail you out? I think black rock is going to be fine.
Most businesses aren't like my friends parents little Chinese restraunt.
To me using the, "think of the shareholders" line is silly for a reason. The biggest privilege is the privilege to make mistakes without becoming impoverished. Workers have it much harder in that respect.
Edit: grammer
I'm all for having more options. Though deep down I just want everyone to work on Ardour lol.
How do these browser based DAWs stay funded? Is there enough community money to keep these things up?
I sorta agree. Given how well known the phenomenon is, and that we admit we are unequipped to deal with it, OnlyFans should probably inform new models that they are likely to have their nudes dispersed into the internet.
We can't blame an individual cause we don't know them, but OnlyFans for sure knows enough to be blamed.
Best I can offer is Hannah Montana linux
He seems to be winding down and just posting for fun now. He isn't as big as he used to be.
As much as I think his wealth is immoral, his content and motivations seem pretty wholesome lately.
Awesome sounds good!