Testing Out REAPER on Linux
(Useful links below)
I managed to get REAPER 5.980 (native Linux version), Ardour, LinuxSampler, ZynAddSubFX, Surge and TAL plugins working on Linux Mint 19.1. I spent a few days playing with Ardour and LV2 plugins (LV2 is not supported in REAPER yet) but I dearly missed Reaper's MIDI Editor and MIDI Overdub recording mode.
I still need to install SWS Extensions, my preferred RADO theme, and the DrivenByMoss script for my Ableton Push. My Behringer UMC204HD and borrowed Launchkey 25 Mk1 worked without any additional drivers.
In future I will try a different desktop environment, because it often felt like XFCE was working against me (not letting me run scripts from the File Manager, and forgetting my dual screen configuration, both of which I found solutions for, but they took time to learn).
Resources:
KX Studio Repositories:
https://kx.studio/Repositories
Configuring Linux for realtime / low latency audio.
https://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/syst...
The Reaper for Linux sticky thread (links and documentation):
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.p...
Cool slicer VST I just found.
https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic....
Terminal command to enable executing scripts from Thunar:
xfconf-query --channel thunar --property /misc-exec-shell-scripts-by-default --create --type bool --set true