It seems like the FOSS community is continuing to grow, and FOSS apps keep getting better (Immich reallh blew my mind recently), which is a big win 😎 but there are still many apps I use that I would kill for an open source alternative. I am curious what you guys think? Are there any apps you'd love alternatives for?

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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

https://github.com/stargatedaw/stargate
https://qtractor.org
https://www.bespokesynth.com
https://github.com/hydrogen-music/hydrogen/
https://www.zrythm.org/en/
https://lmms.io
https://www.rosegardenmusic.com
All above FOSS
https://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/radium/ (paid OpenSource)

[–] mraow_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've looked at these, especially LMMS, but in my view they aren't enough (or good enough) to completely escape non-FOSS.

Sample Library plugins, my area of interest, are under two or three banners: Kontakt, Decent Sampler and SF. None of these are appropriately free, although Decent Sampler shows the most promise of breaking down the class divide in this area.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well, for free, community driven, you can test also this one. It works online and include royalty free samplers

https://www.audiotool.com

[–] mraow_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is about FOSS and I can't see that Audiotool is FOSS, and Samplers are not Sample Libraries. Sample Libraries are ubiquitous among producers who want a good sounding recreation of a real instrument but cannot afford (or morally support), for example, Pianoteq's modelling algorithms or Spitfire's premium libraries, neither of which are FOSS, or the instrument itself or a session player.

As I said, the most promising multi-sampler or sample library software with an active community was Decent Sampler, which isn't open-source and now supports DRM.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's clear that Audiotool isn't FOSS, but I put it in because obviously there isn't FOSS which fits your needs, and the next best option is a free community driven app with own samples made by the community, apart of those by default.

[–] mraow_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Decent Sampler (and the attached Pianobook community) fits my needs perfectly well, with the exception that it's not FOSS.