Chris MillsMay 3

#LinuxMint and #LinuxMusicProduction friends. I have a quandary. I like using Google Drive to store some of my shared data on, but this aspect of my workflow is not going well. Un-mounting my Google Drive causes my PC to be fast and lovely.

I tried using the network accounts to see my Google Drive, and this does work, but with #Blender I am shown the machine names for everything and none of my folder names are displayed correctly in Blender. Everywhere it is fine.

#rClone, or the way I have it set up on my PC is awful (I'm using free access because I can't afford a paid Google auth key for this). It causes applications to launch slowly. It causes Nemo to think it has crashed while Google Drive links take *forever* to update. And yet Blender can see this and it allows me to access (after an interminable wait) my project data.

Frustrated in New Zealand.

Solved: don’t use clone to Google Drive as I had been trying. Will detail in a reply.

Chris MillsOct 31, 2025

Today, as a small treat to myself, I have had yet another go at trying to get parallel installations of #BitwigStudio onto my #LinuxMint test installation.

I am expecting to eventually rebuild it all from scratch and hopefully have scripts to facilitate this. At first blush I have successfully installed and launched versions 4.0, 5.3.13, and 6.0b4 side by side.

This is a significant step towards my Linux independance as I really want to be able to move between versions for preset development and maintenance.

Was it difficult? Like so many things it is vastly easier when you know how to do it.

Here are my notes to self in case you want to read them too: https://www.ambientspace.com/technical-notes/bitwig-notes/multiple-versions-on-linux

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AmbientSpace - Multiple Versions on Linux

In order to be able to easily develop my presets I like to have several versions of Bitwig Studio installed at one time. Ubuntu/Debian Linux distros (such as Linux Mint) typically only allow for one version of an application to be installed at a time. A specific advantage to installing from an

dereisenhoferMar 12, 2025
#AudioThing made me buy stuff, again. They have a nice offer for Philicordia #VST (transistor organ), and in the checkout they also made a nice offer for Wurly (Wurlitzer) and Mantis (BBD echo). These all run on #Linux. I really really really appreciate this company.
#BedroomProducer #MusicProduction #DAW #LinuxMusicProduction
Michael UJan 30, 2025

Alright, I have a new laptop for reasons and am going to venture into the world of #Bitwig under Linux.

If any of you out there see this and want to tell me something, please do. :D

In the late 1900s I mucked about in UNIXes when I was on the helpdesk for a university. I made shell scripts and understood jokes about vi vs. emacs. I haven't really touched Linux this century, and I am well aware things have moved on a lot.

I'm looking at Manjaro, btw.

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7sleepersmusicJan 5, 2025
So many helpful answers here! Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry about #Linux and #MusicProduction. So grateful for your expertise. List below, apologies if I missed anyone! @srfaudio @alisynthesis @elkcityhazard @m2m @amadeus @mosgaard @nicholasr @r0k @alxlg @jorge @patricklang @AlgoCompSynth @ArchPenguin @mzurich @Bashingom @elsemusic @[email protected] @ugurcan @icaria36
@luka @Mux #linuxmusic #linuxmusicproduction #linuxmusicians #MusicProduction https://mastodon.social/@7sleepersmusic/113767470150685890
7sleepersmusicJan 4, 2025
Who's making music on #Linux? Is it realistic to replace a #MacBook with a Linux machine in a recording studio? Does it play nice with external devices? I've had some experience with #Ubuntu, I'm aware that it's not as user friendly but it seemed to work well "in the box", at least. Thoughts? #linuxmusic #linuxmusicproduction #linuxmusicians #MusicProduction https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/01/03/apple-ceo-tim-cook-personally-invested-1-million-in-trumps-inauguration
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Matthew KayOct 6, 2024
#linux #MusicProduction #LinuxMusicProduction https://todon.eu/@rybson/113261458139138681
Fish/Meercat 😷 :vegan: (@[email protected])

Content warning: Linux audio making rant, help appreciated

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Morgan ⚧️Aug 15, 2024
*sigh* all I want is to practice the guitar part along with the drums, but it appears DrumGizmo is not aware that I'm playing the same measure on a loop so it just keeps using more RAM to remember the same fucking samples over and over again until it runs out and becomes so slow I can't hit the stop button bc my mouse is lagging too much to accurately click anything 🤦 there's gotta be a better way #morganMakesMusic #ardour #drumGizmo #linuxMusicProduction
Morgan ⚧️Aug 14, 2024
One thing that's annoying abt music production on Linux is that while ik how to get my computer to recognize a keyboard, I have no idea how to get the keyboard to recognize my computer. So unlike when @roari uses it, it still plays aloud when it's plugged in and I can't mute it 🙃 not that bad on piano or guitar parts but it's probably annoying as fuck when I'm using it for drums lol #morganMakesMusic #linuxMusicProduction
soundchillsMay 7, 2024

Schon mal darüber nachgedacht, auf Linux 🐧 umzusteigen? - Ich arbeite derzeit mit einer Gruppe von Linux-Musikern an einer Online-Plattform zur Verbesserung des Linux-Musikproduktions-Universums.

Um mehr über die (potenziellen) Nutzer zu erfahren, haben wir eine kurze Umfrage erstellt. Dauert nur 2 Minuten, versprochen!

https://amadeuspaulussen.limesurvey.net/973269

Foto: Kristina Alexanderson

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