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I'm not sure! It says I'm joined now if it helps, so it could be that the wheels were still turning :)

Kind of like the multireddit feature- that used to be a big part of how I used boost to check in with any particular interest without wading in :) I would love this!

The only way I could level up is to go back to university and get a PhD in music... I studied it for 6 years and am happy with the level of my musical process.

I would definitely argue that Linux has good music software... But better? By what metric? I love what I'm using, it doesn't get in the way and lets me explore ideas at will, it performs perfectly, its very stable.

Now, for me, the perks to Linux are freedom and privacy. This is excellent, and in this specific use-case, I find this within what I'm using on Windows. Even during using Ubuntu Studio as my daily os, I had to keep a copy of XP available in case I wanted to use a particular bit of software, a plugin, or a technique.

I agree that the solution would be for software vendors to target Linux... But they don't, and not having the choice to use these tools would mean an interior result. Linux can't and shouldn't be the answer to every issue, It only serves to mislead if it isn't true.

These are good programs, however, I would argue that Pure Data is the only one that offers the same or better functionality.

Don't get me wrong, I used to use Ardour and LMMS for everything, Ardour is fantastic for tracking and composing linear stuff.

But Ableton's compositional abilities and creative live performance put it in its own category in comparison - Ardour would be more of a Logic, Cubase, ProTools alternative in my mind. The ability to perform almost collaboratively with internal logic, the simplicity of connecting seemingly any device to a session via an M4L patch- it's just so different.

As I said, I was studying electronic music, and my lecturer was teaching us Ableton, assessing us based on a final recording and the project itself. There's no way I could have abstained from that without a big old zero on my grade- and missing out on some truly great experiences, performances and knowledge picked up on the way.

Sometimes ideology isn't a simple thing, I use FOSS projects as much as possible, even contribute when possible, but I need to work and live on the way.

I would also like to add that Jack circa 2014 was an utter mess, I'm sure it's come on leaps since, but that was always something I felt I fought to get working rather than used. Making the same audio connection in Windows would be automatic, and Jack felt more like a seance.

Anyway, my point is that there's a lot of details and thoughts to people's choices in these things, and if there was one OS and audio workstation for music, it would be a very, very bland thing. :) Anywho, have an excellent night :)

I still occasionally browse Ultimate-Guitar.com for rock/guitar news, it's fun, but I could use seeing other sites and will be following this thread with great interest! :)

That looks fricking excellent! I would love to be able to do hardware projects, and deeply miss having a real keyboard :)

Brilliant idea! :) I've just requested to subscribe, as I adore old style blogs, and on top of that, would like to share mine eventually :)

I was taught using Ableton Live, and Max MSP mainly - this was back in 2014 or so, they might be wine-able now but I've not tested in years! :) There's Bitwig now, which is very similar, but I had to submit Ableton Live projects and Max Patches to show my workflow.

I'm back to hobby musicking, and I sometimes think about putting together a Ubuntu Studio build again - ardour was cool, and I enjoyed LMMS for sequencing :)

In fact, I need to get off my backside and make more music in general! It's amazing how fast life can take over, I miss it! :/

Sadly, just software compatibility - doing music with specific programs needed for assignments etc - If drivers and compatibility weren't an issue, I never would have switched. :) I will consider using Linux again full time if my current machine ever gives up though, now that gaming has advanced so much further. :)

Oh wow! That's news to me, how cool! :) I love little souvenirs like that, we had nothing like that in the UK :)

That's fricking cool! :) I love seeing these types of things, I was born a little too late on the other side of the world, so I had no idea these existed! :) Was it a namco-only thing?

Thank you so much! :) I should have thought to, asking with Huxley, Asimov is one of the ones I've heard only amazing things about, that and Fahrenheit 451 too! :)

I'm going to save this thread, these are brilliant ideas that didn't occur to me, thank you! :)