The main gripe I have is that the software is still priced too high
Many plugins are crazy expensive, but you don't have to buy them to make music. Vital (synth) is free, VCV (virtual modular) is free, Cardinal (VCV as VST) is free. Reaper (DAW) is $60 (one time payment) and comes with every mixing plugin you'll ever need, plus an immense library of other free ones, plus the ability to code your own.
I'm slowly recovering from GAS [0] myself; in many cases, having fewer plugins helps music making and does not hinder it, because it's better to know some tools inside and out than know many superficially, and it's also better to spend less time choosing a tool and more time using it.
Ardour (DAW) is both gratis and libre (though supported ready-to-run builds cost at least US$1). Other gratis and libre DAWs include QTractor and LMMS and likely soon ZRythm.
Bespoke, an innovative, idiosyncractic modular music making environment, is also gratis and libre.
The LV2 plugin API has on the order of a thousand gratis and libre plugins that do almost anything you can imagine, and a bunch of stuff you probably cannot, and there are also many VST and AU plugins that are gratis (but frequently not libre).
For now it seems the gratis version of ZRythm has "Save/load disabled" (!) and doesn't even include access to the PDF manual (!?); do you have information about their plans in the near future?
(That said, the paid versions of ZRythm are really inexpensive.)
Hi I'm the Zrythm author. No plans to change the current price model because it's reasonable (based on user feedback) and seems to be working. Haven't seen any good arguments against the current model other than people wanting everything to be gratis, but I'm all ears if you have recommendations
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Many plugins are crazy expensive, but you don't have to buy them to make music. Vital (synth) is free, VCV (virtual modular) is free, Cardinal (VCV as VST) is free. Reaper (DAW) is $60 (one time payment) and comes with every mixing plugin you'll ever need, plus an immense library of other free ones, plus the ability to code your own.
I'm slowly recovering from GAS [0] myself; in many cases, having fewer plugins helps music making and does not hinder it, because it's better to know some tools inside and out than know many superficially, and it's also better to spend less time choosing a tool and more time using it.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_addiction#Gear_Acquis....)
Ardour (DAW) is both gratis and libre (though supported ready-to-run builds cost at least US$1). Other gratis and libre DAWs include QTractor and LMMS and likely soon ZRythm.
Bespoke, an innovative, idiosyncractic modular music making environment, is also gratis and libre.
The LV2 plugin API has on the order of a thousand gratis and libre plugins that do almost anything you can imagine, and a bunch of stuff you probably cannot, and there are also many VST and AU plugins that are gratis (but frequently not libre).
For now it seems the gratis version of ZRythm has "Save/load disabled" (!) and doesn't even include access to the PDF manual (!?); do you have information about their plans in the near future?
(That said, the paid versions of ZRythm are really inexpensive.)
Hi I'm the Zrythm author. No plans to change the current price model because it's reasonable (based on user feedback) and seems to be working. Haven't seen any good arguments against the current model other than people wanting everything to be gratis, but I'm all ears if you have recommendations