Reaper is one of the ... such as a music production laptop, audio interface, and MIDI controllers, further entrenching you into the software you pick.

These all have different workflows, each with their own pros and cons, so download the free demos and choose what you like the most. My personal favorites (I mainly use the top two): REAPER (Mac, ...

Those last two options are actually commercial software, though Reaper has a very generous ... While most of the focus of this article has been music production, the letter "V" in AV Linux is ...