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   一色いろは (wzqtparor@fedibird.com)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 21:57:42 JST 一色いろは

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   • Amadeus Paulussen
   • Nielso

   PipeWire is quite new.
   No Linux distro shipped it by default before April 2021.
   PulseAudio, the predecessor of PipeWire, was a disaster that made many musicians refused to use Linux.
   @amadeus @nielso

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     Amadeus Paulussen (amadeus@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 21:57:43 JST Amadeus Paulussen

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     • Nielso

     @nielso I also find #pipewire to be better than #coreaudio on macOS.
     Many of the things I used to do on macOS with some helper apps, I now do out of the box on #linux.
     And yes, in many of the "polished" apps that are used on Windows or macOS, I think a lot of the complexity (but also flexibility) is probably kept away from the users, which may lead to small successes faster, but doesn't necessarily promote the underlying understanding of what's actually going on, if that makes any sense.

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     Nielso (nielso@digitalcourage.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 21:57:45 JST Nielso

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     • Amadeus Paulussen

     @amadeus

     Mhh, well… people have probably put quite some effort in establishing thir workflow and found this a hard thing to do, so I find it understandable if they don't want to step back from it.

     I really wish Pipewire would have started to rise earlier, so that as of today it was there where it should be. Because actually when really doing its thing, it is like on OSX but better.

     Side remark: I encountered some folks saying the Ardour (or Mixbus) mixer was overly complicated and they didn't understand the routing. I think these are users who never have worked with larger mixing consoles outside their computer, because if you have, you find the Ardour mixer quite convenient. The not-so-nice thing is that they attribute their lack of knowledge to the Ardour mixer being overly complicated. But luckily, today there's Bitwig and Reaper, too. 😜

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     Amadeus Paulussen (amadeus@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 21:57:46 JST Amadeus Paulussen

     One thing I notice when reading about people's problems #switching to #linuxaudio is that their attempts/workflows often seem quite complex.
     To avoid setbacks and frustration, my suggestion would be to start simple and accept limitations in the beginning, get to know the system better, and then aim for more complex setups as your know-how grows.