I have literally zero experience with creating audio, but I want to try something new for me.
I know most people who are “properly” into music production are just using a Mac, because it just works and where a lot of the software is available.
Thing is, I have zero expectations.
I don’t need a lot of features, plug-ins, and whatever. Most stuff will probably just be fine for me.
Heck, I don’t even know what I need in the first place to get a full “stack” of audio production software.
For the start, I’d prefer something simple. Mostly just something where I can arrange a few recorded audio tracks onto each other and maybe edit them a bit. Something where I can record the tracks with my microphone (and some time later maybe an input device like a piano keyboard, e-guitar, etc.) and listen them at the same time, preferably in the same program.
What are your experiences with making music on Linux?
What software would you recommend?
Audio Engineer here, too.
What he said. Plus: I’ve been using Ardour for years. Then I tried Reaper, “evaluated” for about 3 months, then decided to pay the ~ 70€. You get a licence for the existing and a future release. It feels much more “natural” to me than Ardour.
Yeah, exactly. I was trained on Pro Tools and Ardour worked OK and made sense to me, but Reaper feels more intuitive to use than either Pro Tools or Ardour.