I’m guessing I’ll have huge problems trying to get the interface specific ASIO drivers and the VSTs to load? Was already a pain in the ass going from Win7 to Win10.
This (i.e. OS releases breaking your drivers) is actually way less of a problem, and one of the main reasons I switched my audio workflow over about ~five years ago. Drivers are part of the kernel tree*, so once Linux supports your interface it always will (more or less).
Of course in order to get there you have to figure out JACK and port your workflow to Ardour (or similar), figure out how to replace the VSTs (the vast majority of which are compiled for windows only) you're used to with open source equivalents. That's the real PITA.
This is from a hobbyist, so YMMV. But for my purposes it's been nice to not have to replace the PCI interface I bought specifically for low latency recording ~10 years ago.
*for those that have open source drivers, anyway--another potential road block
AFAIK, it is possible to emulate VSTs in WINE, but that is something your DAW will need to support. LMMS has a feature to do this. VSTs themselves are just Windows DLLs with a very simple, standardized API.
None the less, if you're doing pro-audio on Linux, the draw is that you can mix and match dozens of different programs into a pipelined workflow using JACK. The drawback is, naturally, that this is a complex thing to do and you will be basically blazing your own trail and creating a very unique setup tailored just for your needs, with little holistic documentation.
This (i.e. OS releases breaking your drivers) is actually way less of a problem, and one of the main reasons I switched my audio workflow over about ~five years ago. Drivers are part of the kernel tree*, so once Linux supports your interface it always will (more or less).
Of course in order to get there you have to figure out JACK and port your workflow to Ardour (or similar), figure out how to replace the VSTs (the vast majority of which are compiled for windows only) you're used to with open source equivalents. That's the real PITA.
This is from a hobbyist, so YMMV. But for my purposes it's been nice to not have to replace the PCI interface I bought specifically for low latency recording ~10 years ago.
*for those that have open source drivers, anyway--another potential road block
AFAIK, it is possible to emulate VSTs in WINE, but that is something your DAW will need to support. LMMS has a feature to do this. VSTs themselves are just Windows DLLs with a very simple, standardized API.
None the less, if you're doing pro-audio on Linux, the draw is that you can mix and match dozens of different programs into a pipelined workflow using JACK. The drawback is, naturally, that this is a complex thing to do and you will be basically blazing your own trail and creating a very unique setup tailored just for your needs, with little holistic documentation.