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Music software's dependance on Windows is such a mess. Tons of cool plugins are stuck as windows-only VSTs! I was really hoping that Propellerheads would use th
by EamonnMR 8y ago
Music software's dependance on Windows is such a mess. Tons of cool plugins are stuck as windows-only VSTs! I was really hoping that Propellerheads would use the fact that it can ship on any platform to ship Reason and all associated REs on linux or in-browser, but instead they gave in and added VST support.
- sneakernets 8y agoA historical lack of low-latency audio is likely why you haven't seen many music software releases on Linux. For years, you had to have a custom kernel to get "decent" performance.
- lj3 8y agoCan confirm. I fondly remember late nights hacking the Gentoo kernel so my college radio station could reliably live stream shows via icecast and darkice.