awesome-linuxaudio VS PipeWire-Guide

> Is there a highly-regarded software (or hardware + software) emulator for the DX7?

Dexed is probably what you're looking for, although there are others here: https://github.com/nodiscc/awesome-linuxaudio#synthesizers--...

These are not all free, but it's worth checking out. https://github.com/nodiscc/awesome-linuxaudio

regarding Ableton, I know some people are doing it but my advice is don't go for proton/wine if you can go native. there's tons of pro soft for linux: https://github.com/nodiscc/awesome-linuxaudio

This awesome-linuxaudio page has a number of quality programs that you can try.

I think the landscape is fairly good now actually. There's tons of good FOSS audio software, and for commercial DAWs we have Bitwig, REAPER, Renoise and Tracktion Waveform. And while there stil aren't that many commercial plugin developers out there that natively support Linux, you can get really far nowadays with the offerings from Bitwig, U-He, TAL, AudioDamage, Loomer, Pianoteq, Audio Assault and many more vendors. You can find are some non-exhaustive lists of vendors supporting Linux here, here and here. Since I too don't want to make compromises if I don't have to, I made yabridge last year which lets you use 32-bit and 64-bit Windows VST2 and VST3 as if they were native 64-bit Linux VST2 and VST3 plugins. I'm really happy with how that turned out, and the reception has been nothing but positive. Wine's getting really good, and the only things that can consistently make things difficult are invasive DRM schemes like iLoK and Waves' DRM. But yeah, even without yabridge there are plenty of good native DAWs and plugins for Linux right now.

It is far easier to use a non-Windows operating system and simply direct the IQ data into the application you want, or use a better app which can take data directly from the RSPdx. However, in an RTL-SDR book, I saw a reference to VB-Cable, which is a separate software from VAC. Pipewire is another tool, definitely open-source and free, which should work.

You might find this info about pipewire interesting: https://github.com/mikeroyal/PipeWire-Guide

pipewire Linux has everything you need just searche for it... patchbay,mixer,dsp, you name it... and all has graphic user interface....

If you are recording (and/or streaming) with OBS, here is a neat guide (since you mention you are "out of the loop"). What's neat about that guide is that it explains the sound manipulations for the capture and Pipewire's strengths.

For folks having headphones issues on Linux. Here's some useful Tools & Resources for PipeWire, which is a low-level multimedia framework on Linux (ArchLinux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, etc.). It aims to offer capture and playback for both audio and video with minimal latency and support for PulseAudio, JACK, ALSA and GStreamer-based applications.

Useful Tools & Resources for PipeWire, which is a low-level multimedia framework on Linux (ArchLinux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, etc.). It aims to offer capture and playback for both audio and video with minimal latency and support for PulseAudio, JACK, ALSA and GStreamer-based applications. OBS Studio added native PipeWire support in version 27.

I found this guide to be useful.

A useful set of Tools and Resources for PipeWire.