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When talking about recording studios, you can’t avoid two operating systems. One of them comes preinstalled on most PCs and laptops, you can buy the hardware for a few euros at any grocery store, and its name is basically synonymous with “PC”: Windows. The other comes from Apple, is tied to comparatively expensive hardware, and is built on a Unix-like kernel. Usually, producers start out on a Windows PC, then professionalize at some point and switch to Mac. The reason is pretty simple: Mac is stable and doesn’t force updates on you while you’re rendering your 64-track audio.

Mainly because of its widespread use, Windows is the quasi-standard in every smaller studio — and definitely among bedroom producers. But let’s be honest: Is Windows even up to date for studio work anymore?

I used Linux in the studio for many years. Now, as part of becoming more professional as a musician, I had to switch back to Windows. Not because my DAW isn’t available for Linux, but because I rely on plugins that simply don’t work on Linux, even with Wine. This text is a call to Native Instruments, Orchestral Tools, Musio, and all the other brilliant developers who make plugins for Mac and Windows — but neglect Linux.

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Those accused of a crime could soon have their right to a fair trial by jury taken away in a new move by the Ministry for Justice (MOJ). The Minister for Courts, Sarah Sackman, told the Guardian that the new move would stop people from “gaming the system.” Due to 80,000 cases, trials by jury […]

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Protesters from Climate Resistance have confronted Diana Johnson, Keir Starmer’s Minister for Employment, along with Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee Debbie Abrahams, at a panel event organised by The New Statesman. The demonstrators demanded to know why Starmer’s Labour government continues to serve the interests of billionaires instead of working people. The […]

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Original Title: TIL About Dynamite Guns. Briefly in military use in the late 1800s, they fired shells of gelatinized dynamite using compressed air much like a potato cannon. They fell out of favor due to their complexity and inaccuracy.