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DanLights

DanLights

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Has anyone used Reaper or any DAW in Ubuntu or any linux OS? Is this possible? I've been checking the benefits of Linux for normal Pc and web usage and just wonder if it's possible to work out audio production in a Linux environment or would I have to also install windows 7 or something and use it for Audio stuff?
 
I tried doing the whole Linux for Audio thing a while back,

In short, its a mess.
sucky native applications, incompatibilities all over the place and back-breaking work just to get it to do even the simplest of tasks.

even just getting an interface to work properly is a nightmare.
and frankly, running windows apps in Wine inside Linux is the definition of pointless.

I still keep a Linux partition on the laptop forweb browsing and general messing around though.

For audio production, stick to Windows.
 
Ubuntu really is just a pain in the ass, I hate it. Nothing works with it, so your current interface will not work quite right with it, and its just so awkward to get to work with anything...
 
Linux is great for server purposes and/or normal PC usage (browsing, watching movies, listening to music, etc) but audio/video editing is a complete pain in the ass on Linux and really is not worth the effort. It's easier to just use Mac at that rate, as I believe the kernel in OSX is heavily based off of the Linux kernal.
 
OSX is no linux and they don't share the same kernel.

OSX is an UNIX and more comparable to BSD than to linux.
 
muckypup1 said:
Mac's are basically a polished and good looking Linux
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:rolleyes:

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Tried Ubuntu a few times, that's pretty much all the Linux experience that I have, which isn't much considering Ubuntu isn't the "real thing"... My bro had it installed as a secondary OS on his PC but at some point the whole installation got crippled and he couldn't boot his PC to Ubuntu anymore. It just disappeared, leaving nothing but 20gb less space on his hard drive :lol:
 
sopulurn said:
:rolleyes:

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Tried Ubuntu a few times, that's pretty much all the Linux experience that I have, which isn't much considering Ubuntu isn't the "real thing"... My bro had it installed as a secondary OS on his PC but at some point the whole installation got crippled and he couldn't boot his PC to Ubuntu anymore. It just disappeared, leaving nothing but 20gb less space on his hard drive :lol:
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This is where knowing what GRUB and FDISK are used for.

Linux is definitely not a mainstream OS, but it can be made to work. However, I'd never use for audio production, nothing to do with incompatibility (because if I was going to use it as a primary DAW, I'd check compatibility first, just like I wouldn't get pissed at Logic 9 not working in Windows), I just don't like Ardour that much. It's okay, but I have much better options to use.

I think as a desktop OS, it can be fine, but for more specialised multimedia tasks, the choices out there in applications aren't the best in my opinion.
 
TheDriller said:
I tried doing the whole Linux for Audio thing a while back,

In short, its a mess.
sucky native applications, incompatibilities all over the place and back-breaking work just to get it to do even the simplest of tasks.

even just getting an interface to work properly is a nightmare.
and frankly, running windows apps in Wine inside Linux is the definition of pointless.

I still keep a Linux partition on the laptop forweb browsing and general messing around though.

For audio production, stick to OSX
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corrected:loco:
 
Linux is much more efficient and very stable. It would make a great platform for audio production if developers supported it and there was driver support for interfaces.

Ardour is pretty good for what it is and I know of a couple studios that did use it as their primary platform. But it is such a pain to set-up and the interface support just isn't there.

Even in Ubuntu, they have screwed up the audio part so bad, I can't even do basic wav editing with Audacity. So it is just a mess.

Mac OS X is very stable with the control over the hardware and it is based on the BSD Kernel. It is *NIX enough to make you think you know what you are doing... but then realize it is quite a bit different. Windows XP though has been very stable for me. It has been drivers and Cubase that have had the problems.
 
aortizjr said:
Even in Ubuntu, they have screwed up the audio part so bad
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Not in fact true. The basic audio engine is exceptional in ubuntu. It's the lack of native support from DAWs (even using reaper under wine i could tell the massive benefits of the linux audio, i could push the buffers down to 0.4ms, just using my inbuilt sound card in my laptop. Pity reaper isn't quite 100% stable under wine, at least it wasn't for me) and the complete lack of drivers for a lot of interfaces.

I'm sure i will try it again if there are some drivers for the 2626 sometime. I don't hold out hope though
 
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