Linux DAW: Help Linux musicians to quickly and easily find the tools they need

Post by fractalf » Thu, Jan 01, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC

fractalf wrote: post #120

Hi, author here. I was wondering why the hell my server was acting strange, then checked counter.dev and saw a huuuge spike. Ah, hackernews.. Anyway, thanks for the feedback regarding the site itself, both positive and negative. This is a 1-2 man project, just for fun, but any feedback are always welcome :) AMA

Post by gnarlouse » Sat, Jan 03, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC

rewgs wrote: post #96

gnarlouse wrote: post #91

I’d like to see some company come out with a wrapper for Logic, Ableton, ProTools, etc with the following: - portable, reproducible environments: I suppose you could achieve this with a docker setup. If I jump to a different workstation, I want to be able to load my current project without playing setup wrangler. - license management like a dotfile database: all my licenses are fettered to the wind across two or thre…

I'm a former film/game composer turned programmer, and you basically just outlined what I hope to be my life's work :p Each and every one of these is a white whale for me, and is something I'm working on in one way or another. Get in touch if you'd like to chat more about this stuff (my email is in my profile).

Post by MomsAVoxell » Fri, Jan 09, 2026, 8:14 PM UTC

jpetso wrote: post #97

cadr wrote: post #2

Is there a way I can see which would run on a raspberry pi?

Zynthian (a RPi-based synth collection & groovebox) lists some of the most prominent ones on its website: https://zynthian.org/engines Its install recipes directory may yield a less fancy, but probably more comprehensive list: https://github.com/zynthian/zynthian-sys/tree/oram/scripts/r... With Zynthian OS up and running, the full list of plugins shows in its webconf page, it's so long that they have to hide basicall…