PhinuxSpearmint wrote: ↑Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:29 am
Well, no particular problems so far as I'm still searching a way to use the akai with linux. So far I just made some accoustic recordings with audacity.
A couple of suggestions:
If you haven't already done so, install jack and qjackctl which will simplify routing/controlling your audio/MIDI signals regardless of which DAW, sequencer, synth, etc. you ultimately decide to use.
You have several options for recording and sequencing:
Qtractor
https://qtractor.org
Rosegarden
https://rosegardenmusic.com/
Reaper
https://www.reaper.fm/download.php
Ardour
http://ardour.org/
Muse
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmuse/
The above seem to be the most popular, but there are others as well.
There is an almost endless variety of Linux native synths and audio/MIDI processing plugins available as well.
Use the search function in Synaptic to see what is available in your distro's repositories.
Some suggested keywords:
lv2 ladspa vst synth midi dssi daw sequencer sf2 soundfont mp3
If your distro's repository doesn't have what you want, consider adding the KXstudio repo
https://kx.studio/ to your apt.repositories list.
Also, many or most Win synths/plugins/etc. will run under WINE in Linux.
Simply Installing carla from KXstudio is probably the easiest way to ensure that WINE and related dependencies are installed/configured correctly.
(I personally find carla to be incredibly useful even w/o the win stuff as it allows you to host plugins in formats that may not be supported by whatever software I'm using ATM.)