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Psychlist1972
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This is really great news. Loving the continued evolution of Windows on ARM for DAW work. Thanks for the heads up on this Pete!
And also as a side note, I might add that n-Track Studio now also supports Linux. AND, not only that, but Linux on Arm64 too. Impressive. These guys are killing it in terms of platform support!
https://ntrack.com/download.php?p=linux
I'm not an n-track user but all this hard work on different platforms (Windows/ARM and Linux) makes me respect them a heck of a lot more, and I'll be keeping my eye on them.
BTW my personal favorite platform admittedly is Linux, but unfortunately I wasn't able to make the full transition to Linux for music production for various long and complex reasons I won't bore this forum with. Nevertheless, I always applaud all developers for supporting Linux and one day I hope to eventually make it there for DAW work. I keep a separate Linux DAW just for testing purposes and to keep the dream alive.
BUT I will admit that Microsoft and Steinberg in particular are making it harder for me to migrate to Linux music production in recent months. Cubase/Nuendo 14 are the strongest Steinberg releases in years.
As for Windows on ARM, this has been a welcome surprise and positive evolution, and I also congratulate any pro audio developer that supports Windows on ARM. Again, my favorite DAW is currently Nuendo due to Steinberg's outstanding Cubase/Nuendo 14 release, and for various reasons I decided to move everything I had on Mac back to Windows, in part because of the progress Microsoft is making on the issues related to this thread.
The pathways ahead are interesting, and if Microsoft can continue to pay attention to pro audio with people like Pete, and also restrain itself from privacy overreach and bloat, then they may delay my migration to Linux for even longer.
Tools first, OS second. Microsoft has been going in the right direction, I have to admit. Cross fingers that continues.
And much respect to Steinberg in recent months for their big push into Windows on ARM as well. I look forward to running Cubase and Nuendo on Spapdragon, hopefully sooner rather than later, but I really need iLok to support it first.
Microsoft has somehow pulled off a little miracle here getting Steinberg and others to support Windows on ARM so well, no doubt in part to Pete's good work at Microsoft. I suppose I can blame him for my migration back to Windows and now I'm planning on picking up an Arm laptop too.