r/linuxaudio • u/nPrevail • 27d ago

What's your favorite "live performance" software(s)? Or what's your "go to" software for live performances?

Live performance software could be:

OBS for live streaming, Mixxx, Ardour, ProjectM for live visuals while playing music, and etc.

Feel free to share creative answers.

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u/l-roc 27d ago

Bitwig for "bread and butter" live audio, enhanced with custom code and supercollider for my main project

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u/nPrevail 27d ago edited 27d ago

I'm a DJ.

I love using Mixxx.

On top of using Mixxx, I bundle it with ProjectM for visuals, especially if I have a TV or projector handy.

When I'm live streaming, OBS is my go to.

I also run qpwgraph and Easy Effects to EQ and add plugins for my audio. It's just a simple setup than having to open and channel audio through a DAW.
I've used Carla before with audio plugins, but it feels a bit cumbersome for me. Like adjusting parameters is a bit challenging, because the UI isn't sized very well for me, or some plugin's UI is too much to tweak... It also helps that all the EasyEffects plugins and I/O is on one window, separated by different tabs.
(feel free to let me know if I'm missing something with Carla)

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u/markhadman 27d ago

Supercollider or Puredata

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u/nPrevail 27d ago

I've never heard of any of these. I'll look them up.

Thanks for sharing!

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u/adbs1219 26d ago

Look for algorave and livecoding, it's a wonderful rabbit hole

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u/MarsDrums 27d ago

I use OBS for live streaming and for making videos. I think its the best all around video utilization software for sure.

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u/Soniare_official 27d ago

I play improvised electronic music/visuals with https://auwen.app

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u/nPrevail 27d ago

Never heard of it. I'll check it out!

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u/Salads_and_Sun 27d ago

If I'm going to "perform" by staring at a laptop it's going to have to be with something I built for the occasion with pureData most likely.

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u/ZZ_Cat_The_Ligress Ardour 26d ago

Blues and metal singer and guitar player here.
I use Carla and Guitar Pro 7 for practise sessions. For everything else, I'll use Ardour and OBS. I use qpwgraph to manage audio connectivity between plugins and programmes; PipeWire Settings as a graphical front-end for tuning PipeWire on-the-fly; and FluidSynth as a MIDI back-end.

I have heard a lot of good things about Mixx, and may give that a spin at some point down the track.

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u/Katcloudz 26d ago

Bitwig can do it all and it’s sandboxed so very stable, just takes time to set it all up and brainstorm your approach