[LAU] Re: FLOSS Audio editors on Linux: are they all dead(-ish)?

I don't think the issue is Linux's interest among the general populous. 
There has been a considerable amount of progress made on the web front 
and now with Web Audio API and other modern browser technology many new 
kinds of products are coming out that sort of replace the need to learn 
how to edit audio.

I'm talking about services like Descript and Riverside.fm, who have 
clever web-based tools that abstract away the editing process to make it 
much more approachable for the average user.

Audio editing in particular requires some knowledge of audio, i.e., zero 
crossing, fading, clipping, etc., and Descript came up with a way to 
make it as simple as editing a word document.

The other issue is that while audio quality could be considerably higher 
learning a tool like Wavelab or Audacity, the need simply is not there 
anymore. Podcasts that make millions a year do just fine publishing Zoom 
calls over non-mastered 92kbps stereo MP3 files. Why bother using tools 
like timeline-based audio editors in such a landscape?

On 5/29/25 19:59, Brandon Hale wrote:
>
>> Finally, I think I can still safely say that pro-audio users in the
>>> Linux world are a tiny fraction of the pro-audio world that includes 
>>> Microsoft and Apple, and we're an even tinier fraction of Linux 
>>> audio users. So maybe there's not a crowd of users clamoring for 
>>> Linux pro- audio tools? 
>
> The numbers are small, but I think the numbers are rising. For 
> instance, very popular youtubers are coming out and saying they're 
> using Linux for their day-to-day use, which includes their video and 
> audio editing. I'm talking about big youtubers like Pewdiepie and 
> SomeOrdinaryGamers, which I think will bring more users to the Linux 
> audio editing world. I've also been running into more Linux music 
> makers here and there, in online communities and in real life. I think 
> a big milestone was Reaper releasing for Linux. After that, it seemed 
> there was more interest in Linux for audio.
>
> I have no data to back any of this up, but I thought I would share 
> some of my experience.
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