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I'm genuinely curious to hear an actual musician's take on the following Linux-compatible DAWs: - Reaper - Tracktion Waveform - Bitwig - Fairlight - Zrythm

I'm genuinely curious to hear an actual musician's take on the following Linux-compatible DAWs: - Reaper - Tracktion Waveform - Bitwig - Fairlight - Zrythm - Ardour As for games, I've been 100% Linux for several years now, and haven't had much trouble. I'm only aware of issues with aggressive anticheat these days, but I refuse to give money to companies that push ring0-spyware anyway.

999900000999 2y ago
I haven't used those tools, but Maschine, FL Studio, Akai's MPC(you can use it stand alone, but they heavily push the PC integration,) and Ableton are practically industry standards at this point. You can make music on anything, I'd imagine a skilled producer could do anything I can do in Maschine in Zrythm. But it's a matter of difficulty. Maschine has a series of custom midi instruments which are simply amazing. As for gaming, you could probably play the next Call of Duty with browser based cloud gaming when it hits gamepass. I definitely understand the benefits of Linux though. I think dual booting is the way to go.
- MrDrMcCoy 2y ago
  Not being a user myself, I wouldn't know for sure, but I've heard that Bitwig is the cross-platform answer to Ableton. I've also heard that Reaper is the industry standard in various corners, with sizable market share. I only know these things from doing light audio work, mostly relating to video editing. In that world, DaVinci Resolve studio seems to be winning, and is thankfully cross-platform. Blackmagic is truly a wonderful company.
  - 999900000999 2y ago
    Bitwig does look interesting. I think it comes down to wait ultimately matters to you. Windows hasn't gotten so bad I want to avoid it entirely yet. I've used Maschine for like a decade, I don't really want to have to learn a new tool just to spite Microsoft. Plus if you have a job that requires Windows, it gets familiar... The devil you know

999900000999 2y ago

I haven't used those tools, but Maschine, FL Studio, Akai's MPC(you can use it stand alone, but they heavily push the PC integration,) and Ableton are practically industry standards at this point. You can make music on anything, I'd imagine a skilled producer could do anything I can do in Maschine in Zrythm. But it's a matter of difficulty. Maschine has a series of custom midi instruments which are simply amazing. As for gaming, you could probably play the next Call of Duty with browser based cloud gaming when it hits gamepass. I definitely understand the benefits of Linux though. I think dual booting is the way to go.

MrDrMcCoy 2y ago
Not being a user myself, I wouldn't know for sure, but I've heard that Bitwig is the cross-platform answer to Ableton. I've also heard that Reaper is the industry standard in various corners, with sizable market share. I only know these things from doing light audio work, mostly relating to video editing. In that world, DaVinci Resolve studio seems to be winning, and is thankfully cross-platform. Blackmagic is truly a wonderful company.
- 999900000999 2y ago
  Bitwig does look interesting. I think it comes down to wait ultimately matters to you. Windows hasn't gotten so bad I want to avoid it entirely yet. I've used Maschine for like a decade, I don't really want to have to learn a new tool just to spite Microsoft. Plus if you have a job that requires Windows, it gets familiar... The devil you know