Bitwig studio launchdate, March 26th, 2014

[dagon]

To me this is bigger news than Steam for Linux. At last a cross platform music studio.

http://www.bitwig.com/en/news/Bitwig-St ... tails.html

BITWIG GmbH is proud to announce the launch of BITWIG STUDIO: March 26th, 2014.

BITWIG STUDIO is a new and innovative music creation, recording, and performance software that supports all three major computing platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Combining traditional arrangement sequencing with modern performance-oriented clip launching workflows,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V_t8GfH-v4

[chemicalfan]

Well, when the time/money comes, I'll certainly consider this over Ableton (my current DAW)!
What's the crack with VSTs under Linux??

[dagon]

What's the crack with VSTs under Linux??

Not a smooth and joyfull ride. I've only used VST's under LMMS though so it might work better under some other application.

Ps. LMMS is also in a period of heavy development right now so it's definitely something to keep an eye on.

[DrHu]

Aha, unfortunately not oss mode..
--from their link

BITWIG STUDIO (boxed version) will be available from selected retailers worldwide and from Bitwig.com.
A free demo version will be available for download upon launch at http://www.bitwig.com

Also I tend to think that multi-OS(cross platform mode) can't be that important, apart from saved files for users who need such software.