He's a musician, he's switched to Bitwig. Ok, but what about VSTs? I have a collection of instruments I can't leave behind, many are NI, so I'm currently forced to use Windows or Mac.

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Aldipower 2 hours ago | parent [-]

NI recently filed for bankruptcy! This means that the licence server will probably be shut down at some point. Take the opportunity now. :-P I've been using Bitwig for two years now. And already produced a complete album with success. Next album is already following. :-) Many of Bitwig's own plugins are very good, and there are now top-notch native VSTs for Linux! Alternatively, there is yabridge for running Win VSTs.

Great Linux VST manufacturers: U-he, DDMF, Toneboosters, TAL, Bluelabs, etc.

And more, more, more native plugins: https://linuxmusic.rocks/

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curtisblaine 2 hours ago | parent [-]

If the license server goes down I'll just pirate them, I guess. The point is that I can't really throw aways years of investment because Windows sucks. The other important lesson is: if they have a licensing server, it's OK to pirate them from the start.

	▲	Aldipower 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I understand, but probably at some point the pain may be higher then your investment...