I have literally zero experience with creating audio, but I want to try something new for me.
I know most people who are “properly” into music production are just using a Mac, because it just works and where a lot of the software is available.
Thing is, I have zero expectations.
I don’t need a lot of features, plug-ins, and whatever. Most stuff will probably just be fine for me.
Heck, I don’t even know what I need in the first place to get a full “stack” of audio production software.
For the start, I’d prefer something simple. Mostly just something where I can arrange a few recorded audio tracks onto each other and maybe edit them a bit. Something where I can record the tracks with my microphone (and some time later maybe an input device like a piano keyboard, e-guitar, etc.) and listen them at the same time, preferably in the same program.
What are your experiences with making music on Linux?
What software would you recommend?
I’d try some of the Multimedia / Audio Linux distributions. I believe there are some which have everything set up for you and you can just try. Notably Ubuntu Studio, AV Linux
Other than that, LMMS and Ardour, Qtractor, ZRhythm, Rosegarden, MuSE, or Mixxx for DJing… There’s generally a lot. DAWs, trackers, sequencers, synthesizers…