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On 02/06/2013 08:10 AM, cunnilinux himself wrote:

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> to summarize it all.

>

> give the users

> 1) one WORKING ableton clone

> 2) WORKING VST support

> &

> 3) something like WORKING ardour 3

> — and they will be happily happy even with linux.

> even with sloooow and monstrous ubuntu studio.

>

> the rest is good to have, but not THAT critical.

See, here is where expectations/assumptions are what leads to claims of

"linux audio sucks."  First off, expecting a "clone" of a Windows

application is unrealistic for many reasons, and basing an opinion of

linux on whether or not that "clone" exists is silly.  Why?  Mainly

because a huge number of people have never used Ableton, have no idea

what it does, and have no use for it.
I got Ableton as a freebie with some piece of hardware I bought last

year.  I looked at it once, and promptly uninstalled it.  If that was to

be considered the pinnacle of "windows audio," I would have concluded

that "windows audio sucks."  Windows audio DOES suck in many ways, but

it has nothing to do with Ableton.  I just have zero use for what it

does.  On Windows, all I use and need is Sonar.
Likewise VST support.  Sure, it would be nice to have, assuming that

some effects you want are available in VST format, but it's not a

deal-breaker.
The majority of linux audio users would be content with either

Qtractor,  Ardour 2 plus Rosegarden, or Ardour 3.
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