The author is honest enough to admit their "superficial" reasons for using the CALF plugin suite, but unfortunately then claims that they also "sound really good".<p>People should be aware that we (the developers of Ardour) <i>STRONGLY</i> recommend against the use of the CALF plugin suite. Not only do numerous of these plugins have basic DSP mistakes in them, but they are also one of the most regular source of crashes for Ardour users.<p>There are better alternatives for every single plugin the CALF suite, and we encourage you to use try them, even if they don't look quite so "pretty".
I'm curious about why the author's using Jack1 rather than Jack2. Is Jack2 not available for guix? Jack1 has a bunch of limitations compared to jack2 and hasn't been in active development for a while apart from bugfixes.<p>In general though, it looks much the same as music production on linux, which I absolutely love the workflow of.<p>Being able to arbitrarily patch the inputs and outputs to any other input and output between jack aware software is honestly one of the coolest things i've seen.<p>I started making music on the computer back on windows. After switching to linux for regular usage, I started looking into music production stuff, as soon as I figured out how it all worked, i was amazed. I couldn't imagine going back to a system where you're confined to a DAW.<p>Your entire computer becomes one big modular DAW that you can combine nearly endlessly.<p>There may not be as wide a selection of proprietary plugins as on windows or Mac, but what is there can be up there in quality and there's so many available, you're bound to find something with a sound you like.<p>The calf plugins mentioned in the article are phenomenal. Also a fan of the LSP plugins, the togu audio line ones are always pretty decent.<p>There's a ton available and new ones appearing all the time.<p><a href="https://www.kvraudio.com/plugins/the-newest-plugins/linux" rel="nofollow">https://www.kvraudio.com/plugins/the-newest-plugins/linux</a>
Amazing timing to see this on the front page. I used to do hobby electronic music production using proprietary tools, but as I gradually grew more passionate about the free software movement (and more fatigued with the constant, expensive DAW upgrades/new versions), I stopped in favor of other hobbies. But recently I've realized how far free software tooling has come in terms of usability, especially for amateurs like me. Writing beats and melodies in Sonic Pi [1] and mastering/mixing them in Ardour/LMMS [2] has rekindled my love of music production.<p>[1] <a href="https://sonic-pi.net/" rel="nofollow">https://sonic-pi.net/</a><p>[2] <a href="https://lmms.io/" rel="nofollow">https://lmms.io/</a>
Lilypond is a marvel. I use it for transcription currently as it can easily generate tabs as well as regular notation.<p>Seeing others use linux for music production is inspiring. I'm currently in the stages of building a home music studio and I'm strongly considering giving linux a go instead of going with a mac mini. However it's really hard giving up Pro Tools...
For anyone wondering specifically why Guix, the author is playing a Chapman Stick[1] so clearly enjoys a challenge.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GS0nKIebCc" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GS0nKIebCc</a>
I love that the soul of this post is about music production on Guix using FOSS -- over the years I've used most of the tools the author listed.<p>That being said, I have been super impressed with the non-free DAW Bitwig [1]. It was built by some ex-Ableton folk and has a similar polish and depth. I'm running it on Linux and have no problems connecting to audio or midi devices. I'm even able to load Windows VST plugins, e.g. Serum, via a wine emulator. It contains some pretty novel features, too, like being able to build complex audio FX as if from legos [2]<p>1. <a href="https://www.bitwig.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bitwig.com/</a>
2. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wHHbV8Zw4g&feature=emb_logo" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wHHbV8Zw4g&feature=emb_logo</a>
I’ve seen Guix pop up a few times and I’m intrigued ... ostensibly a package manager but this article says it can work as an operating system in its own right. Can somebody explain this to me? Is this HURD? Or does it have a kernel? Is it some sort of hypervisor or application container? I always found HURD to be exciting in a sci-fi kind of way but from what I’ve heard this sounds like it’s actually something that could be practically useful. Where would I start? Does it make any sense running in VirtualBox let’s say?