>I hate softsynths on OS X because it's not stable enough.
Not sure what you mean here. People have been using OS X to make music professionaly, including in huge $10.000/day studios, for a decade, with Pro Tools, Logic and Cubase. They also use it live, in 90% of electronic music lives you'll see one or more Mac laptops.
Now, while a few plugins or some hosts might crash (they're software after all, and quality varies) now and then, with something like Reason that you mention there are hardly ANY crashes ever.
And, since I've also used Windows for music for a long time (Cubase mostly) and my brother still uses it full-time as a pro, it's not like things are any more stable there. But still, stable enough to get thousands of professionals using Windows/PT/Cubase/etc too.
And don't get me started on the BS idea that Linux based DAWs are "more stable" because of "Linux = rock solid" etc stuff. Linux DAWs are few, with few commiters, lacking in UI refinements, and more importantly lacking in basic functionality. They are also a pain to setup (unless you want to work with just simple audio and some of their native plugins, and no MIDI, VST etc), and crash all the time. Been there, done that.
Now, of course a M1 or a modern synth will be "always there" and more stable that an computer plugin, but stuff like:
>* I'm not risking my ability to make music on the incredibly widespread incompetence of programmers, even at the best companies on earth*
puzzles me. It's not like the potential for instability of this "widespread incompetence of programmers" prevented all professional artists currently employed to produce records with DAWs and plugins.
But yeah, Linux music production is a pain: lack of decent VSTs, Jack/Pulseaudio are suboptimal to say the least, even native DAWs like Renoise give headaches to run. I just reinstalled Windows because I missed Ableton and ASIO so much.
Not sure what you mean here. People have been using OS X to make music professionaly, including in huge $10.000/day studios, for a decade, with Pro Tools, Logic and Cubase. They also use it live, in 90% of electronic music lives you'll see one or more Mac laptops.
Now, while a few plugins or some hosts might crash (they're software after all, and quality varies) now and then, with something like Reason that you mention there are hardly ANY crashes ever.
And, since I've also used Windows for music for a long time (Cubase mostly) and my brother still uses it full-time as a pro, it's not like things are any more stable there. But still, stable enough to get thousands of professionals using Windows/PT/Cubase/etc too.
And don't get me started on the BS idea that Linux based DAWs are "more stable" because of "Linux = rock solid" etc stuff. Linux DAWs are few, with few commiters, lacking in UI refinements, and more importantly lacking in basic functionality. They are also a pain to setup (unless you want to work with just simple audio and some of their native plugins, and no MIDI, VST etc), and crash all the time. Been there, done that.
Now, of course a M1 or a modern synth will be "always there" and more stable that an computer plugin, but stuff like:
>* I'm not risking my ability to make music on the incredibly widespread incompetence of programmers, even at the best companies on earth*
puzzles me. It's not like the potential for instability of this "widespread incompetence of programmers" prevented all professional artists currently employed to produce records with DAWs and plugins.