🧵 I sort of gave up on using #vcvRack as a #DAW replacement.
It did work. Quite well, I must say.
So basically, #DAWless digital, including #VST plugins.
Then I found out I don't like dawless producing. The dawless folks probably are related to the tape folks: We play everything live, because editing audio or midi is cheating.
Turns out, as far as I am concerned, it's not about editing, but about mixing live. I am not satisfied with the mix+master I do live in VCV rack. It would be good enough for a livestream. But not for a proper release.
Then came the point where I thought: Mh, some piano would fit in here. I always keep my piano mic'ed up ready to rumble. From that point on, recording just made so much more sense in a multitrack recorder, and then doing the proper mixing afterwards.
Luckily, there's #Jack and #Pipewire, so us #Linux users can route multiple outputs from VCV into #Ardour. It's heavy on my old CPU, though…
#synthesizer #recording #LinuxAudio #LinuxProAudio