thanks guys. it is indeed a struggle.
to be a bit clearer, I get good MIDI recording and quantizing from Windows 32-bit energyXT (no fuss at all)
and good audio slicing from Linux Cockos Reaper (but wonky MIDI issues).
Reaper's mixer layout is kind of wierd to me, but it does work. EnergyXT's mixer is more conventional and makes more sense to me, but I have troubles loading some VST's in EnergyXT unless I cherry pick each one. Reaper seems to load all my VST's and my Linux LV2's and stuff but it's a little overwhelming having so many kinds of plugins sometimes. And I still get crashes on some older plugins.
Last but not least, I like some of the demo VST instruments, but they sure do bite me when the demo trial time runs out and they inject noise into the project. For a while I was just freezing past that, but I can't always do that, and it's harder to do that in EnergyXT.
I'm tempted to buy myself some kind of hardware early next year if I can because I can input in steps faster than in MIDI or WAV tracks.
FL Studio demo works okay but I have difficulty with the interface.
LMMS works really nicely, but I can't get it load any VST's and there's not quite enough clipboard features of the MIDI and items. FL Studio is more advanced than LMMS. But I really love how LMMS and EnergyXT autoquantize my MIDI input correctly.
For a while I tried AKAI MPC software, but it was hard for me to comprehend the interface and then they seemed to stop offering the download/install anymore. lame.
Anyways, that's how it is these days on my system.
If I could just concentrate better it'd be okay. maybe.
I can't even read music notation anymore or play chords and improve like i used to be able to do.
about 10 years of homelessness messed me up.
to be a bit clearer, I get good MIDI recording and quantizing from Windows 32-bit energyXT (no fuss at all)
and good audio slicing from Linux Cockos Reaper (but wonky MIDI issues).
Reaper's mixer layout is kind of wierd to me, but it does work. EnergyXT's mixer is more conventional and makes more sense to me, but I have troubles loading some VST's in EnergyXT unless I cherry pick each one. Reaper seems to load all my VST's and my Linux LV2's and stuff but it's a little overwhelming having so many kinds of plugins sometimes. And I still get crashes on some older plugins.
Last but not least, I like some of the demo VST instruments, but they sure do bite me when the demo trial time runs out and they inject noise into the project. For a while I was just freezing past that, but I can't always do that, and it's harder to do that in EnergyXT.
I'm tempted to buy myself some kind of hardware early next year if I can because I can input in steps faster than in MIDI or WAV tracks.
FL Studio demo works okay but I have difficulty with the interface.
LMMS works really nicely, but I can't get it load any VST's and there's not quite enough clipboard features of the MIDI and items. FL Studio is more advanced than LMMS. But I really love how LMMS and EnergyXT autoquantize my MIDI input correctly.
For a while I tried AKAI MPC software, but it was hard for me to comprehend the interface and then they seemed to stop offering the download/install anymore. lame.
Anyways, that's how it is these days on my system.
If I could just concentrate better it'd be okay. maybe.
I can't even read music notation anymore or play chords and improve like i used to be able to do.
about 10 years of homelessness messed me up.
Statistics: Posted by mjolnir — Wed Oct 16, 2024 1:40 am