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Using linux for creating music.

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Short version: Please tell me your favourit distro(s) for making music and why.

Long version/my use case: I've actually recently decided to migrate to a laptop setup from desktop. I've already decided on the laptop and will be running a dual boot setup. I think between SuperCollider, Pd, and Reaper, Linux could have me mostly (maybe completely) covered.

It's tempting to just go for Ubuntu Studio or AV Linux, as they seems to have plenty of stuff ready to go. But at the same time I kind of know the apps I want to use, and (I assume) I can just get them myself for just about any other distro. I don't want to pick a distro just because it comes with a bunch of semi-relevant stuff. But maybe it's worth doing just that?

If it helps, my background is DAWs (Cubase and Reaper mainly) with softsynth, a little bit of eurorack and a chunk of VCV Rack, and a sprinkling of MaxMSP. I also have a monome Norns shield, for which I am attempting to learn Lua. I have no background in programming but I am drawn to learning SuperCollider as well. I have both 5 pin and usb midi controllers, and a Steinberg UR22 mkII.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Used to be a Ubuntu user but wasn't a fan of the direction it was going a few years ago. Nowadays I am using Fedora and running Bitwig on it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hell ya. I just learned about Bitwig and started using it. What are your thoughts on it? I'm coming in as an FL Studio user.