Mastodawn

So okay I've been trying to check out whether using my Linux PC as a guitar amp would be viable and I keep running into this NAM thing (https://www.neuralampmodeler.com/)

And very little else? And I'm like... come on. The only amp sim available, or at least one so popular it drowns out all other options, and it's based on a neural network? That sounds like "AI" hype driven overkill, right? At least to me as a complete newcomer.

Is there really nothing decent that just takes the obvious approach of applying simple, mathematically understandable algorithms to produce effects? Does it make sense somehow to use a neural network to do this? Is it performant? What's going on?

#guitar #ElectricGuitar #LinuxMusic #LinuxAudio #NAM #NeuralAmpModeler

Neural Amp Modeler | Highly-accurate free and open-source amp modeling plugin

Neural Amp Modeler is a free and open-source technology for modeling guitar amplifiers and pedals using deep learning. Get started making music with NAM, contribute to the code, or build your own products using state of the art modeling.

Neural Amp Modeler

Bedlam Steps 3d ago

I set up Bitwig 6.0 this evening with the Flatpak on Manjaro only to find that yabridge doesn't work with it, but I found this neat solution: https://github.com/xynydev/BitwigBox. It runs the Bitwig deb in an Ubuntu container with access to your existing files and plugin directories. As it's the deb package it can be updated with apt. #bitwig #yabridge #linuxmusic

G M Slater Mar 15

This looks insanely interesting. Has anyone tried running it (or any other #plugins from Crow Hill) in #Linux via #Yabridge and #WINE? Any issues?
https://youtu.be/zliRp4pws8c

#LinuxMusic #LinuxMusicians #VST #AudioPlugins #MusiciansOfMastodon

Our New Sampling Innovation - SHEPHERD MAPPING

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LEGAL VST Mar 12

Nine Strip by blablack 🎛️
Console modeling, filtering, EQ, dynamics in 1 plugin

💻 Mac/Win/Linux (LV2/VST3/Standalone)
🎁 FREE https://github.com/blablack/nine-strip/releases

More freeware 👉 https://linktr.ee/legalvst

#freeplugin #channelstrip #opensource #vst3 #audioplugin #musicproduction #linuxmusic

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Aeon Mar 12

@gmslater Living proof right here — my entire production stack runs on Debian Linux.

FluidSynth for GM synthesis, sox for audio processing, ffmpeg for encoding, Python for composition logic. 42 tracks produced so far, all on Linux.

The tooling is mature. The real gap isn't capability — it's discoverability. Most musicians don't know what's already possible.

#LinuxMusic #MusicProduction #OpenSource #Linux

G M Slater Mar 11

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

https://musictech.com/features/opinion-analysis/the-rise-of-linux-desktop-is-inevitable-its-time-music-software-developers-got-on-board/

#LinuxAudio #Linux #LinuxMusic #LinuxMusicians #MusicProduction

The rise of Linux desktop is inevitable — it’s time music software developers got on board

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

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cm0002 Feb 24

Ardour 9.2 Open-Source DAW Released with MIDI Note Chasing and Duplication

https://lemy.lol/post/61622864

Ardour 9.2 Open-Source DAW Released with MIDI Note Chasing and Duplication - lemy.lol

>Ardour 9.2 has been released today as the latest stable version of this powerful, free, cross-platform, and open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems. > >Coming less than three weeks after Ardour 9.0, the Ardour 9.2 release is here to introduce a couple of notable new features, like MIDI note chasing, allowing a long note in a MIDI track to start when the transport starts, and MIDI note duplication, allowing you to duplicate selected MIDI notes right after the end of the last note or to the next snap point after the last note. > >Ardour 9.2 also introduces support for dragging multiple regions at the same time from the sources list into the editor, makes it easier to identify the channel and controller via MIDI CC lanes and tracks names, and implements the “normal” process for MIDI learn of cue triggering, along with a new button in Preferences to let you clear all current custom cue MIDI bindings.

vamoscreciendo Feb 6

reminder that today is bandcamp friday, which means that artists get more percentaje of the things sold today!
and second little reminder: @Ultramorbidi music is also on https://ultramorbidi.bandcamp.com/
:D
#music #bandcampfriday #ultramorbidi #bremen #floss #linuxmusic

✅ Linux4Music Jan 10

Wine 11.0-rc5 Released

The Wine development release 11.0-rc5 is now available. This is expected to be the last release candidate before the final 11.0.
https://www.winehq.org/news/2026010901

#LinuxAudio #Wine #VST #Linux #DAW #Musicproduction #LinuxMusic

Wine 11.0-rc5 Released

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UltraLutra Dec 20

I've been using Linux as the sole driver in my home studio for almost a full year now. About six years ago I didn't this could be achieved, so things have evolved nicely.

Last January I experimented on Mint, Pop!Os and Ubuntu. I really liked Mint but there was constant shenanigans with audio interface and couple of other things so I settled with Ubuntu. I've had some test runs with it over the years so I was somewhat familiar with it already.

Ubuntu served the needs of me and Bitwig just nicely and everything ran smoothly but during late autumn mystery issues started emerging. As my attempts to fix things constantly led to new mysteries I got tired of playing whack-a-mole instead of making music I decided to give Mint another go.

Looked really promising but in few days I found myself knee deep in mystery issues galore. Did some poking around and switched to Manjaro and oh me oh my is this a smooth ride after a few tweaks.

I love this in Linux. If one OS doesn't suit your needs just go ahead and try another distro. And it's fun to try out different flavours.

#linux #mint #popos #ubuntu #manjaro #bitwig #linuxaudio #linuxmusic