Hi everyone,

I’m getting fed up windows and want to switch my laptop to linux. My laptop also doesn’t meet windows 11 standards so I figured nows a good time to switch. I don’t do a whole lot on my laptop, but there are some programs that I do need to use. I have an E drum kit and right now I use reaper and Steven slate audio center to play and record my drums through my laptop. I looked at reaper, and I see linux options for download. But for Steven slate , I only see windows and Mac. This is pretty disappointing and so I figured I ask to see what would work for me.

I was going to go with Ubuntu, because it seems to be the most user friendly and has good support. I also use mullvad VPN on my laptop very frequently, which was another reason I chose Ubuntu.

Any help is appreciated. I’m willing to look at other distros too if there is one that better fits my needs.

EDIT: I have successfully migrated to linux mint and have reaper working with yabridge. Thanks, everyone, for your help and suggestions!

  • WeebLife@lemmy.worldOP
    3·
    6 months ago

    I wouldn’t mind paying for a program. But I’m wary of paying for programs because companies these days change their policies and make their services subscription based, and when that happens they gradually increase the price. But I will check it out. Thanks for the recommendation.

    Does that program come with drum samples? Or would I have to get that separately?

    • catharso@discuss.tchncs.de
      6·
      6 months ago

      bitwig studio comes with tons of samples. it’s a fantastic daw.

      there’s a reason a lot of ableton users switch over to bitwig.

      reaper is also very good, but a bit clunky for edm/techno/etc.

      • WeebLife@lemmy.worldOP
        2·
        6 months ago

        Bitwig is pretty sweet, but definitely more than I need right now. I was able to get my kit to register in reaper so I’ll probably stick with that for now.

    • the_weez@midwest.social
      1·
      6 months ago

      Bitwig comes with so much that I can’t remember if they have drum samples or just machines or both. I highly recommend you try the free trial to see if you like it before you buy.

      • WeebLife@lemmy.worldOP
        1·
        6 months ago

        I checked it out and it is a more than I’m needing right now. I’m not an audio guy and bitwig is a little over whelming.

        • the_weez@midwest.social
          1·
          6 months ago

          Totally understandable, it has a lot going on and if you already know reaper it might be good to stick with it. Good luck!