I am primarily a Windows user but I have recently started using Linux more frequ

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I am primarily a Windows user but I have recently started using Linux more frequently. On Windows I use Steinberg Cubase to sequence music. Cubase is a digital audio workstation (DAW) with a variety of features, such as:

VSTi support
audio sample/loop editor
mixing console with built in effects and VST effect support
support for external USB/midi controllers

There are many additional features, however the above constitutes the core feature set that I need for what I do. Are there any Linux equivalents that support at least the above feature set?

Explanation / Answer

Take a look at LMMS (Linux Multi-Media Studio). This project begun as a clone of the popular windows software FL Studio. I have been using both a few years ago, and LMMS was still having a lot to catch up with. It has support for most of the basic plugins and features already present in FL Studio, which are VSTi plugins. Also, it supports the FL Studio file formats, although I'd recommend not to work on the same project files with both FL Studio and LMMS if you have the two of them installed, or at least backup before opening with the other editor.

Basically, if you are familiar with FL Studio, it has quite similar beat sequencer, playlist mixer and sample editor, so it should correspond to your second and third points.

As the LMMS site says, it has support for the following stuff:

Song-Editor for composing songs
A Beat+Bassline-Editor for creating beats and basslines
An easy-to-use Piano-Roll for editing patterns and melodies
An FX mixer with 64 FX channels and arbitrary number of effects allow unlimited mixing possibilities
Many powerful instrument and effect plugins out of the box
Full user-defined track-based automation and computer-controlled automation sources
Compatible with many standards such as SoundFont2, VST(i), LADSPA, GUS Patches, and MIDI
Import of MIDI files, Hydrogen project files and FL Studio

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