cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34255100

Thought I’d create a distinct thread from the previous one asking about daily use, because I really do want to hear more on people’s pain points. Great to know people are generally sounding pretty positive in those posts who recently switched, but want to know your difficulties as well! This way old and new users can share their thoughts, hopefully to inspire a respectful discussion.

  • hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I tried but there’s so many things that I need to be able to turn from bad to good in just a few clicks, and that’s basically irreplaceable for me rn.

    I tried reaper and even if I learned it more thoroughly it would still result in 3x the time on every single process in song production, mix & master and that’s unacceptable for me.

    Heard a lot about bitwig and that would probably be my preferred alternative but that unfortunately still leaves the issue of third party Plugins.

    I’ve been trying to find a way to do this properly for quite a while now but I have yet to find a way to do this that’s sustainable long term.

    Not trying to talk down your suggestions because I genuinely think they could work for others, just adding more information to why that’s unfortunately not enough for me to switch completely.

    Btw for my servers and backup notebooks I already use lots of Linux. Anything not main driver kinda works perfectly with Linux and most of all it keeps on working when I need it. In fact I suspect my hardware will give in before the os and or software will pose any issues.

      • sunth1ef@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        2 days ago

        In my distrobox bitwig set up with Wine 9.21 I am using the following with no issues

        • Melda (various including MSoundFactory)
        • Native instruments (including Reaktor and Massive X)
        • unfiltered audio / plugin alliance including battalion
        • psychic Modulation
        • all arturia
        • all Valhalla dsp
        • Adam Szabo viper and jp6k
        • lese smear And a bunch of others with no problems.

        Usable with some issues

        • Newfangled audio - plugins work and sound great but GUI hangs or is extremely laggy

        Not working at all

        • some eventide plugins
        • all aberrant DSP
        • all UVI

        This is all under a unified wine prefix - o might try playing with different prefixes for different plugins and see if I can’t fix some of the above or some of the QoL issues