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Websites to download cracked software for Windows? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Yes, I have looked in the megathread. Specifically under the sections "All Purpose", "Tools", and "Software".. however, I didn't find any general, all purpose websites for cracked software. Or at least, the megathread never had something in it that said "great website for cracked software".

Thanks in advance. :)

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

For many reasons I don't wanna get into, DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) on Linux suck. I have a dedicated windows machine for audio production.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I am not an expert but I think you can achieve some things in Linux that won't be possible under Windows, thanks to pipewire and Jack, giving you a lot more control. I would definitely recommend you to check out JACK and pipewire. Ubuntu studio is an example of beginner-friendly Linux distribution that's audio/video production centric that comes with everything installed and configured. If I was you I would at least check it out.

    Additionally, there is a plethora of open source software, like Audacity, Mixxx, Ardour, etc.

    And to be honest, the risk of using cracked software and catching malware is much higher and if you do audio production for a living I would strongly suggest you to avoid it if possible, not to mention any legal complications that might arise of using cracked software!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    With all due respect, I'm all for FOSS but DAWs don't really have a good alternative. Recommending Audacity over FL/Live/Logic like saying Paint is a good free alternative for Photoshop. Doesn't really make sense.

    Iirc the only DAW that might barely be enough is LMMS which runs on Linux.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    It's not FOSS but what about Bitwig? I only have surface-level knowledge of DAWs but it seems comparable to FL or Ableton.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    See my comment above. Bitwig could be okay but it's limited by the rest of the plugin ecosystem being mac and windows only.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yes, I understand pipewire and jack. The quality of the open source tools around the actual production is bad. Like really bad. Most VSTs (plug-in synths and effects) are windows or mac only too. 99.9% of plugins are naturally prorietary because people wanna be paid for their work in the audio industry. The only acceptable DAW is Bitwig which has a worse licensing scheme than my current DAW (FL studio) and crashed on me every 30min with no way of debugging.

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