The program for the FOSDEM Music Production dev room is available. Yours truly will kick off the dev room. Looking forward to it!

fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track…

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM26 #FOSDEM2026 #MusicProduction #LinuxAudio

FOSDEM 2026 - Music Production

^fosdem.org

Our Ubuntu Studio + Ardour + OBS Setup for our band's live streams. All open source. Love that we don't need proprietary software to play shows from our studio. 😀

#FOSS #LinuxAudio #Ardour #OBS #UbuntuStudio

Of course @amadeus has already reached out to Mike from ACMT and made a really great interview for @linuxaudiodevelopment

You can find that review here: linuxaudio.dev/linux-audio-dev…

#linuxaudio #musicproduction

ACMT — Applied Computer Music Technologies | Linux Audio Development (LAD)

LAD aims to make Linux more attractive as a platform for computer-based music production.

^{linuxaudio.dev}

2) ACMT or Applied Computer Music Technologies, which is making Linux-first plugins, to help create plugin choices for pros using Linux for audio production.

ACMT is "pro-audio DSP software solutions, virtual hardware emulations, and innovative audio processing" but "without requiring processor intensive upsampling - reducing CPU load and allowing for more plug-ins in a typical session"

Producing on a refurbed Lenovo, I really like that!

acmt.co.uk/

#linuxaudio #musicproduction

Applied Computer Music Technologies Ltd | Plug-Ins for Windows and Linux.

Applied Computer Music Technologies Ltd creates professional audio software and plug-ins for mixing and mastering.

^{www.acmt.co.uk}

So now I'm making a list of CPU-effective plugins, which doesn't cause additional latency. These will be my template arsenal, and make a template wich can take care of basic mix things on the fly, so I can keep some of my "always mixing" approach, and then - if I even need it - can be switched out later with different plug-ins.

This has really made appreciate the work of two different Linux Native plugin creators, which plugins runs with so little effort, you an use a lot!

#Linuxaudio

One thing in Bitwig i didn't know I needed, was the simple showing of plugin-caused delay on each track.

I have always mixed on the fly; I like to record, put on effects and mix the result so I get an impression of how it will sound.

This approach has always caused delay (also on MacOS) and made live recording a pain later (which means consolidating and freezing tracks).

Now I can see if I can put on a plug-in or if I should wait because of latency.

#linuxaudio #bitwig #musicproduction

@linuxaudiodevelopment @amadeus
#LinuxAudio folk, I have just stumbled on to the #AirwindowsConsolidated plugins (I am familiar with these from #VCVRack) and they are well worth checking out.

I've posted this to linuxdaw.org/

Linux DAW

Quality audio software for Linux Audio Production such as LV2, VST2, VST3, and CLAP effects, synthesizers and sampler plugins.

^{Linux DAW}

So what are we even looking for, when searching for the right Linux Distribution?

For users new to Linux, finding the right distribution can feel chaotic. I felt the same, until I understood what makes the different versions of Linux different.

So if you’re in over your head, and want to understand what an OS and desktop environment are, and what to even look for in a distro, this blogpost is for you!

mortenmosgaard.dk/finding-the-…

#linux #linuxaudio

I actually managed to squeeze in a new #linuxaudio soliloquy #video today. 😅

It was fun. 😎

The topic: “Favorite vs. Missed Plugins on Linux.”

For this, I made a little jam… 🙂

#peertube link: spectra.video/w/a2XHYNhUKgpV3o…
#youtube link: youtu.be/SK736igGAdE

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it. 😇

#plugin #musicproduction #porttolinux #linuxsupport

Best Deal? 🎹

If you want to buy a new plugin, you can check plugindeals.net to see if the plugin is available elsewhere at a lower price or if the price has been lower in the past.

#PeaceLoveMusic #Plugin #MusicProduction #VST #LinuxAudio #VSTplugin #DAW #BestPrice #AudioPlugin

Plugin Deals | The Latest Audio Plugin Deals and Freebies

Find the best music software deals, view plugin price history, compare prices at resellers, and set developer and plugin price-drop alerts.

^{Plugin Deals}

Sononym 1.6 #linuxaudio #sample #manager is out! 😎

sononym.net/blog/new-release-1…

I have updated the article on the FSA website about moving to Linux from Windows for music production, in light of some things that have changed since publication, and some things I missed or forgot.

fstateaudio.com/?page_id=1763

#LinuxAudio #linux #MusicProduction

For the #linuxaudio peeps here, a modeled SSL EQ:

patreon.com/posts/introducing-…

Angels seems to be a really interesting new #linuxaudio #granular #effect #plugin by Sequins aka Tâches, inspired in parts by Mutable Instruments Beads.

"A tape mode with wow, flutter, and drive that makes everything sound like it's been sitting in a shoebox since the early 70s. 60+ scales for pitch quantization. Dual reverbs—one before the granular engine, one after."

Have a look here:
sequins.music/shop/product/ang…

And see it in action here:
youtu.be/vTYkhRfhKPA?si=9jaGcU…

Absolutely top banana breakbeat relooper.

amenbreakvst.com/

(edit) I REPEAT. TOPMOST BANANA!

#Vst #MusicProduction #LinuxAudio

AMENBREAK VST

Multi-playhead slicing engine with amen/break knobs, sequencer, stutter and tape-stop effects, pitch-preserved stretching, and per-file slice memory.

^{amenbreakvst.com}

I am building a new "SessionMixer" application for my Linux audio setup. The goal is to provide configurable, ergonomic controls over both the audio hardware mixing (onboard in my Focusrite Scarlett, for now) and also software-layer mixing (PipeWire) under one roof.

It's early days, but a lot of the hard problems are already cracked.

Will be released as open source. Hoping it might be useful to extend for other audio hardware.

#linux #audio #linuxaudio #studio #music #production #software

A better look at SessionMixer, the desktop cue mixing application I posted about earlier.

github.com/michaelquigley/sess…

Work in progress.

#linux #audio #linuxaudio #golang #ui

Wine 11.0-rc1 Released

The Wine development release 11.0-rc1 is now available.
This is the first release candidate for the upcoming Wine 11.0. It
marks the beginning of the yearly code freeze period. Please give this
release a good testing and report any issue that you find, to…
winehq.org/news/2025120501

#PeaceLoveMusic #LinuxAudio #DAW #MusicProduction #WineHQ #VST

Wine 11.0-rc1 Released

^WineHQ

"Hi!

We are happy to tell you that we accept your proposal:
Get the most out of Linux for music production
in the track Music Production at FOSDEM 2026."

Woohoo!

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM26 #FOSDEM2026 #LinuxAudio

RealtimeKit has a new home next to @pipewire, and I just rolled out a new release ... give it a spin!

gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewir…

#linux #linuxaudio #pipewire #pulseaudio

PipeWire / rtkit · GitLab

Realtime Policy and Watchdog Daemon

^GitLab

If you are looking to switch to Linux, especially if your work revolves around computer use, then I have a new blogpost out for you!

I focus on why it’s worth investing time to find the right distro, and not just the one everyone recommends. Find your why, and let it drive you through the jungle of Linux distributions.

mortenmosgaard.dk/finding-the-…

#linux #linuxaudio

It's that time of year!

All the Samples from Mars (85 packs) for 49 bucks. If you haven't started a sample collection yet. Start here, and you're done.

Drums and Synths for the sampler of your choice.

samplesfrommars.com/products/a…

This is not an advertisement, I'm just a long time happy user, and believe samples is the way to go for many synths tasks, especially on Linux. It gives this nice randomness to use a sample of an analog synth as your oscillator.

#Linuxaudio #Musicproduction

ALL THE SAMPLES FROM MARS

Purchase this product to instantly download every Samples From Mars product in the store right now. Drum samples, synth samples and everything in between.

^{Samples From Mars}

Of course I'm using #Ardour on #Debian to record all this.

#LinuxAudio

If you haven't done so already, I suggest you go and grab @uheplugins #free Zebralette 3 #synthesizer #plugin for #linuxaudio now. 😎

"Zebralette 3—The core piece of Zebra 3."

u-he.com/products/freeware/zeb…

If you’re curious about switching to Linux, and especially if you’re curious about Linux for music production — this might be a blogpost for you.

I haven’t been blogging for years, but now seems right to share some of the thoughts I have about Linux and Linux Audio.

First up is getting to know Linux, a thing about OSes, what’s up with all the “distro” talk, and what to expect from yourself if you consider switching, depending on your needs.

mortenmosgaard.dk/getting-to-k…

#Linux #Linuxaudio

Getting to know Linux for musicproduction in 2025

Why I’m switching to Linux In the spring of 2025, I decided to turn my attention to Linux as my next home for music production.

^{Morten Mosgaard}

RE: floss.social/@gstreamer/115576…

My talk about the #PipeWire native #Rust bindings is up!

gstconf.ubicast.tv/videos/rust…

I covered the broad structure of the PipeWire code, how and why I started some native Rust bindings, and some of the painful parts of using Rust as well.

Jump forward to 1:20 to get to the start of the talk :)

#linux #linuxaudio #gstreamer #gstconf #gstconf2025

GStreamer (@gstreamer@floss.social)

Attached: 1 image 📢 GStreamer Conference 2025 video recordings are now available at https://gstconf.ubicast.

^{GStreamer (FLOSS.social)}

I am pleased to announce the initiative's first #video, in which I walk you through the #linuxaudio #development #website step by step, explain its features, and reflect on ideas and plans for the future. 🙂

#peertube: The LAD PeerTube account is currently awaiting approval by the Spectra Video moderators. 🕔 I will update the link here asap.

#youtube: youtu.be/6wIrnupEAB8

Wrote my 2 cents about moving audio production to Linux.

eighty-music.com/2025/11/27/mo…

#linux #linuxaudio #linuxaudioproduction #yabridge #ardour #vst

Sigh, another update, another batch of problems. I updated #Debian to 13/Trixie some weeks ago, and have had a bunch of issues, most were solved.

Today I finally "solved", or rather found a workaround for #Ardour bugging out after exporting audio: it would export fine, but afterwards audio didn't play anymore, and I had to kill Ardour because it won't even quit.

Workaround was: Select "PulseAudio" in the audio-setup. It was set to Jack/Pipewire before, and that caused the problems

#LinuxAudio

Want your favorite audio plugin on #linux #linuxaudio ?

You can help!

linuxaudio.dev/how-to-help

See also here for those formally contacted by the movement and their response:

linuxaudio.dev/linux-support-r…

#musicProduction

How To Help | Linux Audio Development (LAD)

LAD aims to make Linux more attractive as a platform for computer-based music production.

^{linuxaudio.dev}

Sixth Sample plugins are aesthetically simple and clean and sound very cool. The free DeeLay has been one of my staples for a long time. I jumped on this full bundle for about $110 with taxes and whatnot even though I don't really NEED it:

- it's a hell of a deal on already affordable plugins
- indie dev making awesome things (including free stuff) I like using
- Linux support planned for 2026!

sixthsample.com/plugins/

Edit: Sale lasts until Monday the 1st.

#ProAudio #LinuxAudio #BlackFriday

Sixth Sample | Plugins

Explore the complete catalog of Sixth Sample plugins and find new tools to improve your workflow and sound.

^{Sixth Sample}

🎧 🎼 🎹 🥁 🎷 🎺 🎸 🎻 🎚 🎛 🎵 🎶

🇬🇧 This week again the #LibraZiK project has received 31,07€ of donations from 20 donors, so thank you! Keep supporting the LZK project with donations: librazik.org/base-site-LZK/eng…

#LinuxAudio #LibreMusicProduction #MusicProduction
#LiberaPay

RE: mastodon.social/@rekkerd/11558…

I know that this isn't a #Linux or #LinuxAudio post, but it's just so very cool! 🙂

Ronnie / Rekkerd.org (@rekkerd@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image Adam Szabo releases Airwave software synthesizer for Windows https://rekkerd.org/adam-szabo-releases-airwave-software-synthesizer-for-windows/ #AdamSzabo #Synthesizer #VST

^{Ronnie / Rekkerd.org (Mastodon)}

A new version of #rtcirqus is available. The only change is that I added a -v|--version CLI option to quickly see which version of rtcirqus you're running.

codeberg.org/autostatic/rtcirq…

#LinuxAudio #Python #Programming

v0.2.2 - autostatic/rtcirqus

### Changelog - Added -v|--version CLI option - Added a tarball with all rtcirqus resources ### SHA256sum `fad252815217a6eebc2a1f81397e910ff7b0deb9c47a533a3add84e2b4a2652e rtcirqus.tar.gz`

^Codeberg.org

Here's todays honorable mention for #linuxaudio: ZL Audio!

I have used the Equalizer 2, and it has a lot of the features, where I would normally reach for Pro Q3. One of my favorites is double click to low cut, love that feature!

I often use a graphical EQ for finding problematic frequencies and do my low cuts. ZL Equalizer 2 will be that plugin on Linux.

Here is an introduction (OBS Youtube link):
youtube.com/watch?v=ualIekYK2u…

The whole #LinuxAudio experience has become a lot better too. Back then I scripted my own sessions because I just couldn't get friends with #ladish. It was very cumbersome because those scripts were not very reliable and not very portable.

codeberg.org/LADI/ladish

ladish

LADI Session Handler

^Codeberg.org

My #LinuxAudio setup from July 2010. I still have the Korg nanoKontrol and the BCR2000. I sold the BCF2000 and the Focusrite 10. All the other stuff either broke down or was brought to the thrift shop.

On a software level a whole lot has changed too. I switched from a modular setup to a monolithic setup, from JACK to just ALSA, from Ubuntu to #Debian and from Qtractor to #Ardour.

I also updated my #blog post with the written #guide, with detailed information on what I changed on my system to get #lowlatencyaudio.

amadeuspaulussen.com/blog/2025…

#linuxaudio #musicproduction

A guide for getting started with music production on Linux – Amadeus Paulussen

10 steps to the perfect Linux Audio setup.

^{amadeuspaulussen.com}

In today's #linuxaudio soliloquy #video, I walk you through my #guide on how to #getstarted with #musicproduction on #linux, step by step. 🤓

#peertube: spectra.video/w/1buPokEEyRQm9z…
#youtube: youtu.be/TwofvjQ-1ko

The written guide can be accessed on my #blog:
amadeuspaulussen.com/blog/2025…