Why Linux is Becoming Impossible for Audio Developers to Ignore

[keys_au1]

I think I'll wait until around 500+ of my applications and plugins are Linux native. But for my home server it's definitively Linux.

Definitely check this thread when making purchases in the near term, if that's your intention.


All 3 OS plugin list (Apple/Linux/Windows)
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thanks - I just subbed to that thread.

[legendCNCD]

The person that pointed out that audio on Windows was a dumpster fire was not wrong.

And here we have person who thought it was a good one, but ultimately, it was a bad and wrong remark...

[audiojunkie]

........Kushview Elements 1.1.0 just dropped.

Any use to you?

Element 1.1.0 is now available.

This release brings MTC (MIDI Time Code) message generation to the Lua scripting API, a round of targeted MIDI fixes, and several stability improvements to the audio engine. Here's what's changed:


🎛 MTC Message Generation
Element's Lua scripting API now includes MTC message generation functions, along with a working example script. This allows Element to send MTC messages to external gear, software, or other MIDI-capable devices that can chase timecode — useful for locking video software, hardware sequencers, or other sync-capable equipment to a common timeline.

https://kushview.net/article/element-1- ... io-engine/

thanks, will check it!

EDIT: Looks very promising - great price too! I might wait until an installer version is released though, I'm not one much for compiling and "making" myself.

TBH, the Atlas OS Windows 11 system is really sorts turning me back to W11...been running it for a week now and it is small, very zippy and simply runs everything. That being said, I still have a fondness for returning to Linux full time...this app you linked MIGHT just be the catalyst!

This was one of the apps I recommended to you a long time ago, along with Carla as part of a modular live setup rig on Linux. Using Pipewire for inter-app routing, and RaySession for session management, and qpwgraph for connecting, you can set up a pretty sweet and convenient live rig--just like GigPerformer, Camelot, or Cantibile. The only difference is that it is modular.

Imagine: You could load a couple if instances of Carla into Element, and switch between racks very quickly. You can have two instances of Element, each with two instances of Carla, with VSTs racked up and swappable. You can be playing with two racks, while loading the preset of another two racks. All while sync'ing with an audio file player, or a looper, or whatever else you want.

You may have forgotten, but I didn't. This is what I was wanting to suggest to you. If you have a couple of monitors attached, you can even be seeing one set of racks on one screen, while loading another set of racks on another screen. You could completely play one with no hesitancy or dropouts, while loading another set.