[Trisquel-users] Re : Using proprietary softwares through wine

[dttdogers]

And, if you are searching for a better MIDI editing support than Ardour 3.  
Consider using Qtractor as a solution. I start every composition with it  
(even if it looks pretty ugly) and then record my MIDI track to a D.A.W like  
Ardour 2 ou 3. There is also plenty of plug-in to use with these softwares in  
the Trisquel repository. My opinion, as a professional sound engineer, is  
that lots of these free plug-in (like the calf and invada ones) are a lots  
better than lots of plug-in found in the proprietary world. Before I was  
using Pro Tools and Ableton Live, but, like I said, this was before I tried  
Ardour 2 and 3 libre plug-ins. And compared to lots of proprietary DAWs,  
libre DAWs have no other limits (no track or plug-in per track limit for  
instance) than your PC specs.

For the cons, maybe you can find Ardour 2 and 3 with a different work-flow  
than Ableton Live, but once you learn how to use them you will get really  
fast with audio engineering.