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I've been a bit lately getting into music, mostly live playing. I've been gathering some hardware synths, I have a guitar and well... most of the software for all these synths is Windows or Mac. No Linux.
My latest addition, a Novation Circuit Tracks, has its software run as a webapp, using some kind of "WebMIDI" implementation. In Linux it reads, and allows some things, but when you try to upload a whole pack or a big sample, it fails. I thought "Oh, well, another for the Windows VM". Some days later I contacted support telling them "Guys, you're so close to having it work!" and their reply was surprising.
The guy that replied back started with their usual "We don't support Linux" but then continued with "But we have heard from some users that the problem lies in the output buffer of the MIDI subsystem. Doing the following commands should allow you to make it work. Let me know how it goes."
And yes, it works. I'm really delighted that yes, they don't support the OS, but they keep an eye on what's around. I wish more companies would do similar efforts.
May 21 · 3 months ago · 👍 stack, wasolili, lanterm, leoperbo, Queen_City_Nerd
Now you just have to learn how to play these things, and you'll be rich and famous :)
🦉 ResetReboot [OP] · May 22 at 15:55:
@stack Oh, yes, gonna make millions with my stuff...! xD
😎 flipperzero · May 22 at 16:50:
I'll admit it's pretty fun getting music software/hardware stuff meant for the other DEMONIC OS's working on Linux/Unix and seeing it run either just as well if NOT better on the linux system. That said, what a pesky chore innit, but one I foresee will be dwindling soon as more people flock to linux in order to escape the forced imposing clutches of these shitty conglomerates we call rotten ass Apple and shrunken down Microsoft. They're both really no better than IBM at this point, and there oughta be more music/MIDI/extension support for production in linux so that accessibility into music and beatmaking is furthermore than it ever has been before! I really can't wait, that'll be the day.
🦉 ResetReboot [OP] · May 22 at 17:23:
Oh, man... as a Linux user since the '98, I've seen so many things that users should not tolerate with Microsoft and Apple yet they keep using their products that I conclude that people will accept all kinds of abuse for the sake of some (perceived) convenience and will keep buying lies like Linux is all text consoles and arcane commands in a black screen with white text and so on.
I just don't wait for that happening any time soon. Besides... the new ads on Windows? For sure some hacker will clean all tha crap somehow, instead of collaborating with Free Software to make great things.
🐦 wasolili [...] · May 25 at 22:41:
I've owned a circuit tracks for a while, but have never actually even tried to use the web interface. I've been meaning to since I got it, but whenever I'm in the mood to use the circuit tracks, it's because I want to make music without using my computer, so I've never gotten around to it. Glad to hear it's workable on Linux.
🦉 ResetReboot [OP] · May 27 at 22:42:
Yeah, if you want to do some sound design or load samples and packs, you have to do it through the web client. It would be amazing to create synth voices on the hardware as you can with the Hydrasynth. But for the price, I think it is a fair trade off.