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Any tips on music production on Linux?
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Reaper works great on linux.
This is where I landed. I got annoyed trying to set up FL through Wine, so I decided to just give Reaper a shot. There has been some learning involved, but I am enjoying it.
For whatever reason it was easier for me to learn a new DAW and native Linux Plugins than it was for me to learn how to properly set up FL and plugins in Wine.
I will probably give FL a go again when I have more time, but I just couldn’t wrap my head around the things I needed to fix.
Remember in Reaper you can change the theme and menus around all you want, so you can make it look and behave however you want if certain things annoy you.
FL Studio is great, it isn't fair to compare other audio software to Reaper lol.
Sytrus is an amazing design for a synthesizer and Harmor is fascinating too.