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Fair enough. Checked out the issue tracker and it seems they are in the middle of rebasing the entire project, after reorganizing - which they finished earlier this year.
Can't wait to see where they go with it! We need more innovative DAW's on the Linux desktop. But basics like Wayland and PipeWire should be a priority. Seems like most people just default to JACK2 bridge, which is understandable - because PipeWire isn't that easy. But that seems to be an ignored issue. They also seem to be ignoring Flatpaks, which is a mistake imho.
Also, scaling is an issue since 2016. So it won't change until the new version is released, whenever that will be.
Well, it's a non-commercial project. There's going to be issues in it that may seem smart to fix, for which there's simply no volunteer. On the flipside, there's other issues that won't get prioritised in a commercial DAW, which are not a problem in LMMS.
As for Wayland support, LMMS works under XWayland and I don't think that's going away in the next decade. But LMMS is also built with Qt, so it's likely not a big problem to get native Wayland support.
Yeah, all of this is great, but it's hard to recommend open source DAW's when they are inconsistent.
Making tracks in a DAW means they should be accessible at least a decade later, for archiving purposes. Stems are great to have, but you need to be and to retain mixing chains as well - because that can't easily be remembered.
I am looking for DAW's to recommend, and as it stands I won't be recommending LMMS until we see the fruits of their labour. No diss to them and maybe they need to seek funding somehow to bridge the gap so to speak.
I'm actually considering switching from Ableton Live to Bitwig, and that's because I want to switch my creative workstation to Linux, but I also need professional features and accountability.
But, I'm also hoping ZRythm will get there in regards to clip launching and automation, so that's where I place my bet.