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

> This would likely lessen the appeal of using a separate audio editor.
I think this was part of what I was trying to explain. Audio 
professionals that I work with just use their DAW for audio editing. In 
some ways, I think DAWs have replaced the audio editor.

Brandon Hale

On 6/2/25 19:23, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> On 5/29/25 20:59, 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.
>
>
> I've noticed this also. While I appreciate seeing more linux use, I 
> note that Resolve and Reaper aren't open source, which saddens me. I 
> do like Resolve, despite not being open source.
>
> A bit off topic, but two nice features of Resolve that I'll point out 
> that is that is has a great audio editing system, inherited from 
> Fairlight consoles.  This would likely lessen the appeal of using a 
> separate audio editor. The second great feature is that is has good 
> workgroup tools, either based on Postgres locally (or with VPN), or 
> via their new cloud service. For multi-editor projects, this is great, 
> and this is a feature that could easily be worth seeing in other tools 
> like Ardour, Shotcut, or Kdenlive.
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