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holy thanks for the kind review Dan :)

cheers

You're very welcome Rui!

Hope you've had a good holiday - if you're back now that is?

I was pleasantly surprised to see qtractor coming in at #1 in the Ranks and Ratings charts for free hosts in the last 7 days when I just looked now which is also how I just spotted your comment!

even more thankful to you Dan

your review rating 10 might have something to do with it, i suppose :)

cheers

Realizing that a 10 rating is a friendly, but fictional and honorary perfection, qtractor is a fine achievement, and getting lots of improvements (the author has also released new instruments as well!). Linux as a DAW is very enjoyable, and easily acquired.

Studio 1337, AVLinux, KX studio add-ons, Remix-OS, Ubuntu Studio, Fedora CCRMA,

and quite a few others, have taken the configuration learning curve to new minimums,

and windows plugins are very usable, qtractor output can be easily summed with reaper,

festige, or dssi-vst output.

Those not subdued by piles of cash, might well get excellent performance using last-years computer,

in a fast RT linux, and discover some fine new software along the way. Yoshimi, rakarrack, and hydrogen,

and linux sampler, are getting updates, and make a solid core for composing using keys and guitars.

Burn a linux .iso to cd/DVD, or use unetbootin to easily install one on a usbstick. Reboot using early-boot menu

to avoid starting up your hard-disk windows gear.

Low floor, high ceiling!

@glokraw thanks

most comments one reads in the interwebs about linux audio & music have been superficially negative, more over when comparing to the big non-free, closed-source, proprietary systems.

in that regard, yours is positively awesome and brave ;)

thanks again