4 ms·

Oh this sounds like a potentially fun way to do music production. I wonder how well stuff like Reason and Live might work here.

stefanyas 3y ago
Wine on Linux desktop runs an older version of Reason okish, I believe. I never tested that, just read somewhere. But if you wanna run, say, Reason 12, I don't think it works very well.
- AsthmaBoy 3y ago
  Apparently, Reason 12 runs well https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=811 https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=applicatio...
squarefoot 3y ago
Wine does run Windows music software quite well, sometimes even better than Windows; in fact the first and most famous hardware VST host, the Muse Receptor, used Linux + WINE under the hood almost 20 years ago. Here's a SOS review from 2005: https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/muse-research-receptor https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/muse-research-receptor I'm not so sure about that under Android, however, since latency in audio apps has been a big problem on that platform for ages.
pdntspa 3y ago
But... why??? Are you going to hook up a mouse and keyboard and USB midi controller? Why not just do that on a similarly priced laptop?
- parkaboy 3y ago
  Would be nice to sketch out small ideas like making patches or beats etc when bored / out and about in places it's not conducive to bring or bust all that stuff out.
  - pdntspa 3y ago
    What does that do that something like FLStudio mobile doesn't? I feel like Reason or Live, out of all the available options, would be a worst case. I can barely read the text on Reason VST and Live's UI is very crowded. Unless you're walking around with a 10"+ tablet or something how would that even work? Just seems like more trouble than its worth.
  - prmoustache 3y ago
    You'd be better of with a mobile music app than a DAW designed to work on a desktop Gui.
bondarchuk 3y ago
Sounds very fun (except latency), contrary to my sibling commenters I'd also prefer "big boy" music software (even if very old) to something "made for mobile". Makes me think this could also be the way to run PureData (the whole thing, not just compiled patches) on Android. Was a bit surprised it never got ported last time I looked.

stefanyas 3y ago

Wine on Linux desktop runs an older version of Reason okish, I believe. I never tested that, just read somewhere. But if you wanna run, say, Reason 12, I don't think it works very well.

AsthmaBoy 3y ago
Apparently, Reason 12 runs well https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=811 https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=applicatio...

squarefoot 3y ago

Wine does run Windows music software quite well, sometimes even better than Windows; in fact the first and most famous hardware VST host, the Muse Receptor, used Linux + WINE under the hood almost 20 years ago. Here's a SOS review from 2005: https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/muse-research-receptor https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/muse-research-receptor I'm not so sure about that under Android, however, since latency in audio apps has been a big problem on that platform for ages.

pdntspa 3y ago

But... why??? Are you going to hook up a mouse and keyboard and USB midi controller? Why not just do that on a similarly priced laptop?

parkaboy 3y ago
Would be nice to sketch out small ideas like making patches or beats etc when bored / out and about in places it's not conducive to bring or bust all that stuff out.
- pdntspa 3y ago
  What does that do that something like FLStudio mobile doesn't? I feel like Reason or Live, out of all the available options, would be a worst case. I can barely read the text on Reason VST and Live's UI is very crowded. Unless you're walking around with a 10"+ tablet or something how would that even work? Just seems like more trouble than its worth.
- prmoustache 3y ago
  You'd be better of with a mobile music app than a DAW designed to work on a desktop Gui.

bondarchuk 3y ago

Sounds very fun (except latency), contrary to my sibling commenters I'd also prefer "big boy" music software (even if very old) to something "made for mobile". Makes me think this could also be the way to run PureData (the whole thing, not just compiled patches) on Android. Was a bit surprised it never got ported last time I looked.