The linux DAW thread

[lucidsamples]

I have never realized that Penguin fans actually can put all the pieces together and build a working and more or less stable Linux DAW environment.
I too love the Penguin way, however had to abandon this noble idea to make music in the purest of all OS. I wonder if there is someone courageous enough to build a tutorial or just try to put together a bunch of reliable hints how to establish a recording studio on freshly installed distro.
I think I could help to test the ideas as linux user with few years of experience. Maybe if there is more interest in the topic, just maybe, some bigger companies would help to develop a brand new music making distribution?

Or maybe there are such plans which I don't know about? I would be happy to recieve some help, maybe some specific places to start the research? I would happily help in putting all the needed knowledge together. It would be a wiki site or a blog with series of articles written in a easy to anderstand language which would help step by step from choosing the right distro to last strokes of brush on a brand new shiny music project

[camsr]

As it's always been with Linux, the problem is lack of hardware, it's not the softwares' fault.

[glokraw]

Or maybe there are such plans which I don't know about?

Hi, AVLinux is a bootable/installable dvd, a remaster
of a fully configured deeply populated, and well working system.
Even has the Harrison Mixbus daw demo installed.
It's a debian based linux, using xfce for the system gui.

Studio 1337 is a commercial distro, that features
apps compiled to a custom realtime kernel.
Available on bootable usbstick, or iso download.
A hybrid of Puppy Linux, using slackware for packaging,
the whole system boots into memory, and is
absurdly fast. Wine is installed, along with many
of the standard linux audio apps. At first shutdown,
you will be prompted to let the system create a savefile,
with several options,a squashfilesystem that will hold your data,
and customizations.

There are many others, which I have not used, but which others
find to meet their needs nicely. With a well supported audio interface,
and willingness to find youtubes and tutorials,
you might have smooth sailing.

www.libremusicproduction.com is a growing resource,
the 'using jackd' tutorial is handy if you want to scratchbuild
your system.
Cheers

[NystagmusE]

I wonder if there is someone courageous enough to build a tutorial or just try to put together a bunch of reliable hints how to establish a recording studio on freshly installed distro.
I think I could help to test the ideas as linux user with few years of experience. Maybe if there is more interest in the topic, just maybe, some bigger companies would help to develop a brand new music making distribution?

Or maybe there are such plans which I don't know about? I would be happy to recieve some help, maybe some specific places to start the research? I would happily help in putting all the needed knowledge together. It would be a wiki site or a blog with series of articles written in a easy to anderstand language which would help step by step from choosing the right distro to last strokes of brush on a brand new shiny music project

This is a really good idea.
I would be able to contribute some of my posts from http://ubuntuforums.com
There's a lot of support here: https://ubuntuforums.org/index.php
If you end up creating such a website or if you know somebody who did, send me a PM.

[glokraw]

a web search for "linux audio" wiki

reveals many many efforts are well underway.

http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/start

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Linux_Aud ... and_Beyond

http://archaudio.org/ has some fine content...

etc

A folder of good youtube links would be good,
along with a short list of audio interfaces that work
out of the box, that are currently available
in the shops.

This page

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.ph/ ... er's_Guide

has several commented commandline examples
that can be fudged for use on other systems,
and a pond of links at the bottom of the page.

Cherrypicking the best of the best might be difficult,
but a worthy task. The hi skrools are full of kids
who can't afford cubase or a mac, and the latest trending
audio hardware, but have abundant talent, and soon enough,
a lot of free time on their hands, to make use of it.
Cheers

[greg12000]

Thanks for the links in this thread.
I can add U-He have a Linux version of their synth: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=424953

Greg.

[briandc]

Ubuntu is just one of *hundreds* of linux distros! My own website (see signature below) includes some suggestions regarding getting a DAW set up. And my links page links to several other resources available.

Right now, I'm using AntiX as my distro of choice, because it's ultra-light (the OS fits on a CD!), and to me, the less the better. Once it's installed, then I go into the repositories and install the synths and other apps that I want to use.

And, if you need to use your VST synths from Windows, Wine keeps getting better and better at handling these instruments. And, there are different apps that use Wine, so if one doesn't do what you want, try another. Reaper, FstHost, FeSTige, LMMS....

hth..!

brian

[lpr]

Been using Linux since the beginning of the year for my audio production needs. Been using Windows for over a decade. I'm done with Windows. I despise Mac. There is more than enough plugins to produce killer tracks in Linux.

[stanlea]

Been using Linux since the beginning of the year for my audio production needs. Been using Windows for over a decade. I'm done with Windows. I despise Mac. There is more than enough plugins to produce killer tracks in Linux.

Please, links!

[fedexnman]

Just thought I'd bump this thread , because I have a couple of questions .... 1. I'm interested in an RME Hammerfall HDSP 9632 for my desktop Windows/ Linux , I also noticed RME has some newer-ish PCIe hdsp and aio stuff that does 192 , but not sure of the Linux compatibility of the PCIe cards , I know the HDSP 9632 is Linux recommended ..... 2. Also Roland has a USB2 interface coming out that is USB class compliant , wonder if that would work on a laptop running Linux ? Roland Rubix they aren't even out yet but are USB class compliant. .. Thx Guys !!!!!

[needsLITHIUM]

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well, for starters, new DAW's with Linux support have been cropping up out of the woodwork. BitWig Studio had Linux Support out of the starting gate, and now modified, commercialized versions of Ardour in the form of Harrison MixBus, and other new softwares like Mackie Tracktion T5/6/7/Waves. Also, Reaper has a linux native version in beta you can download at http://www.landoleet.org/dev/ (http://www.landoleet.org/dev/) as is noted in this post on LinuxMusicians: https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?t=15280 (https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?t=15280)

All seriousness, the only things we're waiting for is improved hardware support, and more plugins. Linux has good plugins, but plugins don't have normal logic to them: quality is great, but quantity is just as important, because NO ONE AND NOTHING can limit an artists creativity!!! Or, at the very least, they shouldn't. Not having enough plugins is a limiting factor, so it's not okay

[glokraw]

Linux effects include Calf, Invada, TAL, U-he, GX from guitarix,
rakarrack, (and the individual effects ported from rak for use with jalv)
X42 -in or out of Mixbus, MDA, Zita, and many more. The reality of life
is such that you can collect far more plugins than there are hours
to learn and use them, potentially thwarting ones own potential
and creativity, with needless distraction.

I found early on that constantly searching for and aquiring 'more',
was in fact a security blanket, so I could feel important, rather than
confronting my lack of musician skills, and shallow knowledge
of important fundamentals.

We're not all in the same boat, so abundance is more important
to some, than others. A producer or coverband artist will need variety enough to meet client expectations, as well as composers who work in
several genres. A blues player can get by with much less,
and still be well sated.
Cheers

[glokraw]

Just thought I'd bump this thread , because I have a couple of questions .... 1. I'm interested in an RME Hammerfall HDSP 9632 for my desktop Windows/ Linux , I also noticed RME has some newer-ish PCIe hdsp and aio stuff that does 192 , but not sure of the Linux compatibility of the PCIe cards , I know the HDSP 9632 is Linux recommended ..... 2. Also Roland has a USB2 interface coming out that is USB class compliant , wonder if that would work on a laptop running Linux ? Roland Rubix they aren't even out yet but are USB class compliant. .. Thx Guys !!!!!

I've heard great reports of Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6
usb interface working trouble free, with high quality in linux.
If my m-audio pci card gives out, I'll likely get one of those.

http://linuxmao.org/RME+Hammerfall+DSP -not in english, maybe
run it thru a translator.
Cheers

[glokraw]

Lafff out freakin' LOWWWWDDDD

The linux port of Reaper worrrxxxx

Well, this isn't exactly breaking news, but I've used the windows version
of Reaper in wine for so long, that a linux version just didn't vibe the thrills
of the Bitwig linux version, or the Mixbus linux version...

In a nutshell, gmac, the bossman of AVLinux bootable linux dvd,
took it upon himself to create a debian package of Reaper 5.34, so normal linux users
could install it and test, without a compiling session.

So I used the linux alien command to make a .rpm file, and install
without high expectations. I actually laughed out loud when the interface
popped up, and laughed even more as TyrellN6, Beatzille, Hive, and ACE
all loaded, gui's intact, and dockable, with sounds bopping away...
but it's been a long long day, so I'll give it some real testing
after a long cozy snooze...

[glokraw]

Gmac released linux reaper 5.35 debian package, and it's doing fine.
Some people could not get Zebra2 interface to load,
I discovered it loads fine when selected from Reapers VST list,
but not from the Instruments list. So things could be worse.
May behave different in Arch, Ubuntu, Fedora etc

At the moment, I have
ACE, Bazille, Discovery Pro, Hive, Protoverb, TyrellN6, TripleCheese, and Zebra2
all loaded in reaper 5.35, dockable, scalable, gui's working, and daring the cpu,
while idling at 8.6% in qjackctl

This on pclinuxos, kernel 4.8.12, old intel motherboard video chip,
4 core, 8 threads i7@ 3.4ghz

Clams at high tide be jammin'