It's official: I'm recording my new album with Ardour. I've been testing out All The DAWs on Linux, and it's hands down my favorite. Stable, feature rich, and logical.

Now that its cue/clip features are maturing, they'll come in handy here and there, although that's not my primary use case. BUT having them means I won't have to go to Bitwig when I need to do some loopy thing.

Started the first project today. The music is ready, time to set it down.

#LinuxAudio #CreativeProcess #foss

I haven't tried it yet, but I just found out, it finally has arrived! I have been waiting for this…

🧵 The #automixer #plugin for #Linux!

For those who don't know, automixer is a circuit invented by a guy named #DanDugan. (Today: an algorithm.)

Basically it is a tool that compares all mic channels to all other mic channels. In effect, lowers mics not in use. When multiple mics are used, it averages their levels – very quickly.

Most good digital mixing consoles have a built-in automixer these days, such as the #AMM by #AllenAndHeath. I use it all the time when live-mixing dialogue. Especially with headset omni mics, this isn't a handy tool, it's a live-(sound-)savior. (I once used it on 16 open omni mics, would have been a feedback orgy otherwise.)

If you quickly need to mix down a multi-track recording of spoken live dialogue, this thing will save your behind.

If it works as intended, which I'll have to try.

atkaudio.com/products/atkautom…

#LinuxAudio #LinuxProAudio #EventTech #Veranstaltungstechnik

atkAutomixer

Automixer audio plugin, VST3 & AU formats. Free 14-day trial.

^atkAudio

Does anyone use the #Sononym sample browser?
I have some questions.

sononym.net/

#PeaceLoveMusic #MusicProduction #Samples #LinuxAudio #Linux #SampleBrowser

Sononym

Sononym is an innovative sample browser for Windows, MacOS and Linux.

^{www.sononym.net}

According to random forum post number #2 and #3, I should be able to just move over my .wine folder to the new computer, and all my windows plugins should run, without me installing them again.

Of course this got me curious, so I'm moving over my folder to test this (it's slower than just installing, but more fun).

But how can a wine-folder containing nothing but Ableton and a bunch of audio plugins contain 399.395 files?

#LinuxAudio

So.....

I used to be a member of digg.com. They started it back up, and I jump at the chance to get in. For those who don't know, digg was the original of what Reddit became. I started a Linux-audio group there, and in a few days, it had grown to 60 people.

Today, I went to sign in, and found that there's been a lot of problems with digg. The've been infected with bots and are going to have to rebuild everything and try again. So, digg is gone again for now.

#LinuxAudio #Digg #SocialMedia

Wasn't there a Fediverse Bluesky bridge somewhere for Mastodon?

I'd like to follow this account from Mastodon:

bsky.app/profile/tal-software.…

#LinuxAudio #Plugins #Bluesky #Mastodon #Linux

Just bought a license for Redux Sampler from Renoise after playing around with it for the last week or two. It is my opinion that this is the BEST native Linux sampler available!

Combining Redux with VCV Rack to produce some tracks based around found sounds and field recordings.

Ambient Experimental Beats are on the horizon.

#redux #vcvrack #linux #linuxaudio #electronicmusic
#samplers #renoise

Last call to submit papers, music or demos for the #Linuxaudio Conference.

lac26.mucs.club/

LAC is the international conference about Free/Open-Source Software for music, sound, and other media with GNU/Linux as the main platform. The 2026 edition, is hosted on Maynooth University campus, Dublin, Ireland.

Submission deadline got extended to March/18.

#conference #audio

A fairly long, but insightful look into why Linux is the future of music production.

musictech.com/features/opinion…

#LinuxAudio #Linux #LinuxMusic #LinuxMusicians #MusicProduction

It’s time music software developers got on board with Linux desktop

A combination of the LLM pipe dream and Big Tech’s enshittification antics is creating a perfect storm that's blowing users towards Linux.

^{Adam Crute (MusicTech)}

#bitwig 6.0 is out now! 😎

bitwig.com/

#linuxaudio #daw

After a longer break from releasing #music, I finally have something new for you to #listen to:
my #remix of "Saturn Satellite" by Michael A Studer. 😎

Originally composed by Michael A Studer, remixed by Amadeus Paulussen, mixed by Chris Air, mastered by Robert Babicz and released on Covert Acoustics, Basel, Switzerland.

covertacoustics.bandcamp.com/t…

#linuxmade #madeonlinux #linuxaudio #musicproduction #releaseday

Saturn Satellite (Amadeus Paulussen Remix), by Amadeus Paulussen

track by Amadeus Paulussen

^{Covert Acoustics}

Things are slowly picking up speed again in terms of my #linuxaudio activities.

Today, I am excited to present another #developer #interview with the #opensource heroes behind Punk Labs—Oren (aka PolyVector) and Tara (aka Skunkie)! 💥

linuxaudio.dev/linux-audio-dev…

#plugin #musicproduction #switchtolinux

Working on a new plugin, can you see where the inspiration for this one comes from?

#linuxaudio #musicproduction #vst #clap

Our band switched to using only open-source software for music years ago. And it continues to work great for us! 🙂

We also have a video of our Ardour setup on our website:
lorenzosmusic.com/videos/how-w…

#OpenSource #Ardour #OBS #BandStreaming #LinuxAudio

So. Having failed in so many ways today because I insist on using #Linux also for video editing – my wife even offered me her Windows laptop to edit my video, because #Resolve just runs fine on it…

… actually not even a special, big, cinematic movie something. Just a nerdy video for #Peetertube / #Makertube that isn't even 6 minutes. But it took me so long to get my #NLE workflow back that I have to do a Sunday night shift with freelance work in order to prepare for an appointment tomorrow. I feel so stupid for using Linux. It could be all so much easier.

Anyways, what I was trying to do was playing #bass into the #Descent #GranularSynthesis #FX #plugin by #AudioDamage, which I actually did buy because it is available for… erm… Linux… and it can do cool stuff.

So here's a preview.

For the full video yet to come, please make shure to subscribe to @atkwap

#Linux #LinuxAudio #LinuxProAudio #GranularFX #vst #vst3 #vstPlugin #AudioPlugin #VideoEditing #UbuntuStudio

Our Ardour file setup that we made to reuse for our live band stream every week.

Full follow-along tutorial on our website:
lorenzosmusic.com/videos/how-w…

#Ardour #LinuxAudio #LiveStreaming #OpenSource #Music #ubuntuStudio

My next blog post is out!

This is for you if you are curious of how I work with low latency in music production (on Linux) or just want to hear an example of what I'm working on: mortenmosgaard.dk/using-softwa…

I have been extremely impressed by how great a performance I can get, when relying mostly on plugins with low CPU usage.

This is my thoughts about low latency, what plugins I use and how I created a Low Latency Template to help me.

#MusicProduction #LinuxAudio #CachyOS #AudioPlugins #Mixing

Using Software Monitoring with Low Latency on Linux

One of my main concerns when moving from MacOS to Linux for music production was losing the hardware monitoring capabilities of my non-Linux audio interfaces (Apollo 8P + Apollo Twin).

^{Morten Mosgaard}

StudioHum coming soon. 🐭🎛️
Sick of sterile mixes? Silence is overrated.
Linux first, offline license, no tracking, no cloud nonsense.

#AudioPlugins #MusicProduction #LinuxAudio #DSP

RE: uddannelse.social/@mosgaard/11…

Looking at the long list of plugins I have shared in my Low Latency Template-post, it’s amazing how many free quality plugins we have available for #LinuxAudio

If you don’t mind moving out of the open-source circle you have insanely good plugins from companies like AudioThing and U-he. And there is all the free huge synthesizers like Surge, Odin2, Vital and Modular System Cardinal. Crazy!

Funny thing is: I first discovered these great free tools when I moved to Linux.

Separating room sound and mixed sound for OBS live band streams using Ardour

More about this on our site
lorenzosmusic.com/videos/how-w…

#OBS #Ardour #BandStreaming #LinuxAudio #Music

AudioDamage AD061 Descent won't let me off the hook.

It's a granular delay/reverb #plugin that is a lot of fun. However, I now found out that what I'd like to have is something that is more related to the granular delay in my beloved #Soma #Cosmos “Drifting Memory Station”.

The big deep bass #drone to rule them all, with sparkling mid-high freq stars!

So, adding to yesterday's video, I added a stereo auto panner and a looper. The #Guitarix looper isn't that great to use, for real fun I'd need to get my AKAI button controller to interact.

It's the first time I am considering taking a PC-based setup on stage one fine day. The sound is just too great…

I usually use a simple Mooer RedTruck for playing fretless bass live, but in comparison to the FX by TC and the Eden WTDI + Descent plugin, it sounds cheap.

Check out yesterday's gear porn nerdcore #LinuxAudio video: makertube.net/w/hMwaXVNb1mTMGM…

#GranularDelay #Bass #BassGuitar #FretlessBass #AudioDamage #AudioDamageDescent #SomaCosmos #Linux #LinuxProAudio

🎧️️️️️️️️️️️ 🎼 🎹 🥁 🎷 🎺 🎸 🎻 🎚 🎛 🎵 🎶

🇬🇧 This week, the #LibraZiK project has received 28,10€ of donations from 18 donors, so keep rocking people! And thank you very much !! Keep supporting the LZK project with donations: librazik.org/base-site-LZK/eng…

#LinuxAudio #LibreMusicProduction #MusicProduction
#LiberaPay

New Echo Cube #delay #plugin for #linuxaudio by Audio Thing. 😊

audiothing.net/effects/echo-cu…

I miss you, dear #linuxaudio community. 🥹 And, to be honest, I miss myself too. I disappeared in work. 🫣

But, I’m continuing to push for Linux Audio progress with #interview (s) and #linux vendor support requests whenever possible, and it is in that spirit that I’m extra excited to present to you today an interview with @ercanbrack aka Audiojunkie! 😎

He goes way back and has an incredible amount of insights to share. 🤓 #nerdalert

linuxaudio.dev/linux-audio-art…

#switchtolinux #linuxartist

Oh, a sample and midi device manager for Elektron devices and more for #Linux

Just putting this out there if anyone can use it!

flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.…

(You can also build it from Github)

#LinuxAudio

Install Elektroid on Linux | Flathub

Sample and MIDI device manager

^Flathub

For Linux, Mac & Win:
ZL Equalizer 2

The free EQ that beats FabFilter Pro Q (Full Review + Tutorial)
youtube.com/watch?v=eQu-0Yz-bl…

Download:
zl-audio.github.io/plugins/zle…

#PeaceLoveMusic #LinuxAudio #MusicProduction #Equalizer #Linux #FabFilterProQ #ZLEqualizer2

I just released the the version 1.0.0 of B.Vibratr, a "flavoured" vibrato as an instrument. Or simply call it an absolutely overdesigned vibrato effect plugin. Features:
* Put a vibrato effect on everything you want
* Control vibrato by playing like an instrument (MIDI notes)
* Describe vibrato using oscillators and/or wavetables
* Modulate vibrato using FM, PM, or AM to add texture

It's my first #LV2 plugin after a break of some 4 years.

github.com/sjaehn/BVibratr

#linuxaudio #musicproduction

I am still here. 🫣 Just very busy (but happy) with @loveyoumore at the moment. 😋

Meanwhile, this looks like an interesting new #linuxaudio #plugin vendor:
voidstaraudio.com/

Check out their #paywhatitsworth #clipper KLYP:
voidstaraudio.com/klyp/

And then! The 2nd #linuxaudio #plugin by Korneff Audio. A #vintage #eq suite called SITRAL Klangfilter W295! 😎

korneffaudio.com/product/sitra…

Vee One Suite offre una collezione di sintetizzatori e strumenti audio open source per Linux, pensati per la produzione musicale professionale con plugin LV2 e supporto JACK. #VeeOneSuite #LinuxAudio #Synth #LV2 #OpenSource

linuxeasy.org/vee-one-suite-la…

We use an 18‑channel soundcard, so every instrument gets its own clean input. Then the mixing happens inside Ardour on Ubuntu Studio.

I recorded a video going into more detail on our website: lorenzosmusic.com/videos/our-a…

#Ardour #LinuxAudio #OBS #LiveStreaming #OpenSource

Reecer soft #Synthesizer enters public beta

First, the good news:
The Synt plugin will also be available for Linux. Yesterday, I received a Reecer trial version from Frank Hahn at #KreuzbergAudio.

bedroomproducersblog.com has published some information about the synth and #FrankHahn.
bedroomproducersblog.com/2026/…

You can get the #Reecer Synthesizer (public beta) from the website:
kreuzberg-audio.com/downloads/…

#PeaceLoveMusic #MusicProduction #DAW #LinuxAudio #Linux #vst #Synth #macOS #Windows #Plugin

If you have considered running Windows Audio Plugins on Linux, here is one way to do it using Yabridge and wine-cachyos.

You can't make everything work this way, but a lot of the plugins you know might work. And when it works, you'll soon get used to the small quirks you'll encounter, and just go with the flow!

I use 4-6 Windows Plugins in each production, and it's great to reach out for those old familiar tools.

mortenmosgaard.dk/run-windows-…

#LinuxAudio #Linux #CachyOS #ArchLinux #MusicProduction

Run Windows Plugins on Linux using Yabridge

If you ever wanted to try out using Windows versions of audio plugins on Linux, you might have heard about Yabridge and Wine, which can be a close-to-magical combo… sometimes.

^{Morten Mosgaard}

A 30‑second preview of our live band stream setup in our studio using Ubuntu Studio

Ardour, Patchance, Route to OBS.

If you want to see the full walkthrough, check it out on our website here 🙂
lorenzosmusic.com/videos/our-a…

#UbuntuStudio #OpenSource #Ardour #OBS #LinuxAudio #Music