Hi friendly people,
I am new - both here and doing Linux music things.
Looking back at my Linux story:
I bought "S.u.S.E. Linux 5.x" in the late 90s with a student discount. Came in a box! We did not become friends.
Tried again with some "beautiful looking" distros a few years ago. With high precision/utter ineptitude chose distros that were soon after not maintained anymore.
Recently tried Ubuntu/Zorin and that's where I am at right now. Still beginner level.
But hey, Pipewire works.
Looking back at my music story:
Some basic musical key instrument training as a student, then good knowledge of music theory...
...to ignore all of that and become a DJ in the electronic dancing domain with vinyl records in the 90s.
Fun was had, friends were made, lovely connections still to this day. But did not like the "business" part in "music business" and decided to do less of that.
Was a backseat driver in some studios before. Have a vinyl release in the early 2000s to my name. But really somebody very clever was fiddling with knobs and squares on a screen while tolerating my giving "input".
Into the future:
Still, I always was interested in music tech. Got Reaper and Bitwig ages ago, but never managed to have real output. Some beginner hardware synths already exist around me.
Somehow, I am more motivated on my new Linux setup with an AMD 7840HS, 96 GB RAM, SSL2 soundcard to get going deeper again. Let's see.
During the last weeks, I somehow managed to set up Bitwig and Reaper with Pipewire and get yabridge going with most of my Win plugins.
As I dive deeper, I guess more beginner questions will follow soon
Oh, and people usually think I am from the British isles because of my self-deprecating story telling. I can only apologise, I am indeed German. English is not my first language. One theory is that I was switched at birth...
Looking forward to our interactions!