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ReleaseCandidate · Post by **ReleaseCandidate** » Sun Feb 28, 2021 4:02 pm

DRMR wrote: Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:53 pm I'd still like to see a video that actually shows Free Software™ DAWs, whether you avoid them or not.

As much as I like RMS, OSS and the fact that I don't have to pay 4,000 EUR for a C++ and 7,000 EUR for a Fortran compiler (with a greatly reduced price of 10,000 EUR if you take both and a 1,500 EUR/year software maintenance contract) and I highly appreciate the OSS than comes out of Google (and MS and ...) gut the real danger for freedom (not of software) nowadays are the Big Five (capitalized!).

https://stallman.org/google.html

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sun Feb 28, 2021 4:23 pm

Can we talk about free DAW's again please? For anything like the stuff you're talking about: viewforum.php?f=48

PANTJA5ILA · Post by **PANTJA5ILA** » Mon Mar 01, 2021 5:44 am

Tj Shredder wrote: Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:24 am LMMS was mentioned, simply add Ardour and you don’t need to look further... Mixbus is based on Ardour btw. Its mainly Mixbus without the analog flavor plugins...
More an editor than a DAW is Audacity...
Any Linux only FOSS DAW I would not take into consideration actually...

Do you think it's worth to upgrade to Mixbus 32C? I got bombarded by email to upgrade at discounted price.

Tj Shredder · Post by **Tj Shredder** » Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:09 am

I have no idea, I don’t use Mixbus. If you are into emulations of old gear it might be, but I am not...
But Ardour is one of the few projects which can pay professional developers. One reason is that Harrison is supporting the project and they have a donation system and they deliver the pre-compiled binaries behind a minimum paywall (1$ minimum). I pay $ 1 a month to support them...

ReleaseCandidate · Post by **ReleaseCandidate** » Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:35 am

PANTJA5ILA wrote: Mon Mar 01, 2021 5:44 am
Tj Shredder wrote: Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:24 am LMMS was mentioned, simply add Ardour and you don’t need to look further... Mixbus is based on Ardour btw. Its mainly Mixbus without the analog flavor plugins...
More an editor than a DAW is Audacity...
Any Linux only FOSS DAW I would not take into consideration actually...
Do you think it's worth to upgrade to Mixbus 32C? I got bombarded by email to upgrade at discounted price.

Depends. You get 4 more mixbusses with the ability to send from other mixbusses to them. And more bands for the EQs. I bought the upgrade for 60 or 70 bucks, but I could happily live without it, to be honest.
So: if you have to ask, you certainly don't need 32C.

Tj Shredder wrote: Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:09 am But Ardour is one of the few projects which can pay professional developers.

Most OSS is written by people who get paid for that.

jens · Post by **jens** » Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:48 am

DRMR wrote: Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:53 pm I'd still like to see a video that actually shows Free Software™ DAWs, whether you avoid them or not.

Then what about making one and f**king leaving this thread alone already?

Tj Shredder · Post by **Tj Shredder** » Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:48 am

jens wrote: Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:48 am
DRMR wrote: Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:53 pm I'd still like to see a video that actually shows Free Software™ DAWs, whether you avoid them or not.
Then what about making one and f**king leaving this thread alone already?

DRMRs post was on topic, yours is not...

ReleaseCandidate · Post by **ReleaseCandidate** » Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:08 am

Actually the thread is about the video of the op, so not a single post in this thread has been ontopic so far.

jens · Post by **jens** » Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:28 pm

Tj Shredder wrote: Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:48 am DRMRs post was on topic, yours is not...

Except it obviously wasn't...

jens · Post by **jens** » Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:30 pm

ReleaseCandidate wrote: Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:08 am Actually the thread is about the video of the op, so not a single post in this thread has been ontopic so far.

Pretty much, yes, and all this basically thanks to this dude rambling about Open Source (which has exactly zero to do with the original topic of this thread)...

jens · Post by **jens** » Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:32 pm

Anyway: I am off to try SoundBridge again - I already had an account, but nonetheless missed that there's a V2 - which looks great...

wetdentist · Post by **wetdentist** » Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:50 pm

Cakewalk software, now that it is free, is better & more stable than it was when you had to pay for it

instred · Post by **instred** » Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:48 pm

wetdentist wrote: Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:50 pm Cakewalk software, now that it is free, is better & more stable than it was when you had to pay for it

Ironic but true. Bandlab has given the Bakers the time to work on stability and it shows.

Monsum · Post by **Monsum** » Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:04 pm

instred wrote: Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:48 pm
wetdentist wrote: Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:50 pm Cakewalk software, now that it is free, is better & more stable than it was when you had to pay for it
Ironic but true. Bandlab has given the Bakers the time to work on stability and it shows.

I think the fact that Cakewalk (by Roland and then Gibson) tried to release a new version of their flagship every year with lots of new features contributed to the end of the company.
They could instead focus on bugfixes and gradual evolution of Sonar.

DRMR · Post by **DRMR** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 1:09 pm

OT:

Zrythm is an upcoming free (software) DAW that is undergoing a lot of development: https://www.zrythm.org

I'd say it's still alpha software (creeping up towards beta), but the dev is heavily targeting cross platform capabilities and is very open to collaborative input and bug-reports to make it even better.

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