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Should just use Linux, tbh.

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[–] Tripp1976@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The biggest thing stopping me from making the switch is that I make music in Ableton and have spent hundreds if not thousands of dollars on plugins and programs that will only work on windows. Including Ableton itself.

[–] stellargmite@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Never looked into this. Do VSTs not work on Linux ? Not withstanding the host ( ableton) of course . What about bitwig ?

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Not natively but they do through Reaper For Linux. However, dongles do not. That could still be a big problem.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

this is one of the reasons i just sort of inherently refuse to pay for software unless it's explicitly multi-platform. And even then i still probably wouldn't