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Re: Open-Source Music Production Tools

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Post by totetsu »

mastazi wrote: post #14
spookybones wrote: post #3

This is great. Does anyone have an equivalent list for design and illustration software?

I don’t have a link to a comprehensive list but my personal suggestions are: * GIMP for photo editing * Krita for freehand drawing and for CMYK support * Inkscape for vector images * Scribus for desktop publishing (booklets, flyers etc) * Blender for 3D graphics (modelling/rigging/animation) [1] * Blender for 2D animation [1] * Blender for video editing [1] * Blender for compositing [1] [1] Basically Blender is expan…

I did some video editing in Blender a few years ago. I was surprised how solid and featured it was compared to other actual video editing suits on linux at the time.

Re: Open-Source Music Production Tools

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Post by 4043D »

keeblers_n_bits wrote: post #13

One of the reasons I haven't been able to fully commit to Linux on the desktop is that I haven't been able to find quality music production tools. I always end up going back to macOS because I miss Logic Pro X and Ableton Live too much. Also the audio routing in macOS is so much easier than any other operating system I've encountered. I would love to hear about music studios using FOSS.

Renoise isn't open source but is Linux native. Aducity is good for recording. And hydrogen is an ok drum machine.

Re: Open-Source Music Production Tools

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Post by bane »

rogerclark wrote: post #16

One thing missing from this list -- and pretty much any mention of open source music tools for some reason -- is OpenMPT: an open-source Windows-based tracker with full VST support. It runs great under WINE. It's a tracker, and not a sequencer-style DAW, but unlike every other open source DAW, it is battle-tested, non-beta non-alpha post-1.0 release software, and capable of producing commercial-quality music. https:/…

It also happens to have pretty great compatibility with various tracker music formats like .mod, .s3m, .it and so on.

Re: Open-Source Music Production Tools

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Post by mrob »

ryan_midi wrote: post #8

Hello! I'm the author of this page. I realize that a few tools might be missing. Happy to hear all suggestions. In the meantime, if you want this list in Google sheet, you can make a copy of this one: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YfVyZHy83WHIiZmQJwHh...

You have LinuxSampler listed as GPL licensed, but it's actually source-available proprietary software.

From http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html:

"LinuxSampler is licensed under the GNU GPL with the exception that USAGE of the source code, libraries and applications FOR COMMERCIAL HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE PRODUCTS IS NOT ALLOWED without prior written permission by the LinuxSampler authors."

This directly contradicts the GPL v2.0 (the relevant version): "You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein."

Of course the copyright holders have the right to impose whatever self-contradictory license they like, but this combination isn't GPL and it isn't Open Source.

Re: Open-Source Music Production Tools

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Post by 3131s »

mastazi wrote: post #14
spookybones wrote: post #3

This is great. Does anyone have an equivalent list for design and illustration software?

I don’t have a link to a comprehensive list but my personal suggestions are: * GIMP for photo editing * Krita for freehand drawing and for CMYK support * Inkscape for vector images * Scribus for desktop publishing (booklets, flyers etc) * Blender for 3D graphics (modelling/rigging/animation) [1] * Blender for 2D animation [1] * Blender for video editing [1] * Blender for compositing [1] [1] Basically Blender is expan…

I did a zine almost 15 years ago w/ Scribus and even back then it was an excellent piece of software.

Re: Open-Source Music Production Tools

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Post by amazing_stories »

keeblers_n_bits wrote: post #13

One of the reasons I haven't been able to fully commit to Linux on the desktop is that I haven't been able to find quality music production tools. I always end up going back to macOS because I miss Logic Pro X and Ableton Live too much. Also the audio routing in macOS is so much easier than any other operating system I've encountered. I would love to hear about music studios using FOSS.

I agree, it's difficult to do music on Linux. I almost punched my computer last weekend because it's so hard. However, two things I can say for sure is that the Linux native of Reaper works great and Ubuntu Studio presents a pretty good OOBE with Ardour. Nothing running on Linux compares to Ableton, so if that's your preferred workflow, just stick with that. Now, if someone could just write a good audio editor that works on Linux... (Audacity is complete garbage).
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