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Re:Ask HN: Why don’t you use Linux as your daily driver OS? by hammyhavoc on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @10:13PM (#28375796)
Reaper might be the best DAW ("audio editor" in your own words), period. Been used for all sorts, including a Call of Duty score.

You don't need to study distros for years. Linux is Linux. Manjaro, Mint, Pop, Ubuntu, pick one, and get on with your work.

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Re:Ask HN: Why don’t you use Linux as your daily driver OS? by curtisblaine on Friday September 03, 2021 @09:07AM (#28403642)
It's not the DAW, it's the plugins (VSTs etc). How many of them work seamlessly on Linux? How easily can you speak to the vendor if there's an issue, without the vendor telling you "sorry, it's not tested on Linux"? What about plugins loading industry-standard libraries (like Kontakt), where the surface of what can go wrong is multiplied threefold?
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Re:Ask HN: Why don’t you use Linux as your daily driver OS? by hypertele-Xii on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @05:38AM (#28377897)
> Reaper might be the best DAW

Does not support SoundFonts, unusable for me.

A web search brings up a few plugins that might add SoundFont support, but none of them mention Linux, only Windows and Mac.

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Re:Ask HN: Why don’t you use Linux as your daily driver OS? by hammyhavoc on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @05:53AM (#28377980)
Use carla-rack, or even better, Renoise Redux. It is Renoise's sampler as a plugin. Works great in Reaper.
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