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   Gnarley Boot (gnarley_boot@norwoodzero.net)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 19:14:38 JST Gnarley Boot

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   Hey fren, tonight I was racking my brain learning about the audio production software scene and boy o' boy, what a doozy of a scene, they're is so much software, and vst plugins, sfx packs, presents out there, I'm just lost. Any advise bro? Same feeling when I was brand new to Linux and all the lingo and shop talk can be so overwhelming.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 19:14:38 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     Studio One is the best DAW for the price if you can afford the professional suite. It's comparable to protools and is capable of studio production (with the right plugins). It's basically a mixer / rack style daw, but with a full set of features, though it lacks native plugins that are useful.
     
     But if you're doing EDM stuff, you'd probably want ableton. From my personal perspective, it's not as straight forward as studio one, and I wouldn't use it to make a rock album, but it comes with a shit ton of native plugins and samples geared towards edm type stuff. Studio one doesn't come with anything useful.
     
     As far as plugins, I'd look at native instruments for instrument plugins, and waves for mixing plugins. Waves requires an ilok2 usb dongle to use it. Each developer has plugin packs, though they can be pricey.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 19:16:11 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     You need windows for any of it, though I did see someone who made a linux build for audio production that used wine. Just dd it to disk. No need to figure out how to get windows vst to run in wine. You know the drill.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 19:17:25 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     If you want to use Linux, just get reaper. It's far easier to use than ardour.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 20:17:36 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     Decent drums are hard to find. Decent Synths, etc are far easier. You could go back to using sound fonts and find a plugin that can play and modulate them.
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     Gnarley Boot (gnarley_boot@norwoodzero.net)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 20:17:37 JST Gnarley Boot

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     *these guys https://www.powerdrumkit.com/download76187.php
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     Gnarley Boot (gnarley_boot@norwoodzero.net)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 20:17:38 JST Gnarley Boot

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     Hell yeah! I have a windows box and I'm returning to tradition and using Jeskola Buzz (the old warhorse). I just had a nightmare trying to accuire VST's tonight using a Linux arm64 machine that has internet access (my Pinephone). I got a cool drum machine from these guys, and I have the Vital synth installer. Vital is a good competitor to Serum that offers a free download and a linux build.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 20:18:43 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     Toontracks superior drummer 3 is top of the line for drum plugins.
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     Gnarley Boot (gnarley_boot@norwoodzero.net)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Feb-2024 18:52:49 JST Gnarley Boot

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     So hey 24 hours in and I'm doing MUCH better. I settled in on a windows workflow with Jeskola Buzz, since a 2022 64 bit version was released thats really impressive for freeware. It has pretty good VST2 and VST3 support and I've been find a bunch of good free plugins and finding better plugin sites. I just need a midi keyboard now and maybe some midi from drumkit control. I have this program called Hydrogen Drum Machine that is basically an open source modtracker, sampler. But it's stand alone, which sucks, and the only method of integrating it is with JACK, which is utter shit on windows.
     
     The thing about Hydrogen is I can build very high quality drum loops using any sample I can find and I've already found a shitton from Goldbaby ( https://goldbaby.co.nz )
     
     I would just have to record the loops, pattern and them using them in the other DAW.
     
     Anyway I think I'll just report my progress to you from time to time, pick your brain.
     
     I think the route I'm going is going to give my music more of a retro taste with a lot these free synths have minimoog, 808 and other old school synth vibes, but I think I can levelerage that into something cool. Being a DJ helps too.
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     Gnarley Boot (gnarley_boot@norwoodzero.net)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Feb-2024 18:52:50 JST Gnarley Boot

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     Lol I'm using windows, it's just my kids gaming PC, it's airgapped though because I'm sick of Windows 11 nagging. I have my DAW ready to go, just the tutorial bragged about VST support, so I was like cool, I'll go on my Pinephone to download some VST's, hour later I was crying in the show drinking a beer...
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     Johnny5iveAlive (johnny5ivealive@nightshift.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Feb-2024 19:29:31 JST Johnny5iveAlive

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     Steven Slate digital has a free drum kit. There also ML sound lab, free kit. High quality free shit.
     
     I remember writing my first demo in hydrogen
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