Comment on I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows
artyom@piefed.social 3 days agoThey all have their drawbacks. If I could install MacOS on my laptop I would. But you can only install it on overpriced, irreparable, disposable hardware.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
The right tool for the job is what I always say. Macs, especially on Apple Silicone, are next to impossible to beat for music production. The performance of those chips and the universal support from hardware and software manufacturers make it the best tool. What I find is that the number of scenarios in which Windows is the best tool is rapidly approaching zero.
artyom@piefed.social 3 days ago
Seems like an overpriced, irreparable, unupgradeable, and disposable tool would be the wrong tool but what do I know.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
I get your point but the truth is that Apple’s M processors do a far better job than Intel and AMD processors do when it comes to this type of work. I started on Linux with Reaper and BitWig but the Macs performance was significantly better. Also, software and hardware support is key. All music gear manufacturers and software vendors support apple, including Apple silicone. You can run many VSTs through comparability layers but the latency is a huge problem and the alteady high CPU demands get exacerbated.
I have been on Linux since very early days and have always been a proponent of it. Music production is just not an niche that is currently as well covered by Linux as it is by Mac. We need a Linux push in music like the one Valve did in gaming. If Abelton and Native Instruments went all in on Linux, I think much of the industry would follow.
djdarren@piefed.social 3 days ago
I’ve been using my M2 Air to broadcast a radio show for the past couple of years. It’s basically flawless, even using an iPad as a virtual MIDI controller for some of the faders.
I’m currently in the process of replicating the setup on my Linux PC, and fuck me, it’s proving an arsehole by comparison. I’m willing to accept that a good chunk is just me being far less familiar with the OS than with macOS, but it’s considerably less intuitive when it comes to things like hooking up virtual MIDI controllers and the like. I’ll get it sorted, but I won’t be truly happy that it’s broadcast solid for a few weeks yet, I don’t think.