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I have been teasing this a couple of days ago... 
RV Audio Design today announced that Disseptor, an outstanding harmonics processor, is now available for #linuxaudio. 
Make sure to check it out in White Sea Studio's #snakeoil video #review at https://youtu.be/ebCjnirg6qE or on their website at https://rvaudiodesign.com/.
#plugin #harmonic #distortion
PD: I keep nagging developers, and I'm really happy that more and more of them are willing to make their products available for #linux. 
@amadeus It's great to see more and more professional audio software on Linux. Now if only I could get the latency down enough to make recording feasible.
@shanesemler There are a lot of positive developments in #linuxaudio. 
What setup do you use, if I might ask?
I use a desktop PC with a Ryzen 9 3900X and 64GB of memory, Manjaro Linux with the standard 6.13 kernel, PipeWire, an RME Fireface in CC mode and Bitwig Studio.
With 256 samples at 96000 Hz my #latency is currently 3.6 ms. With 128 samples it is 2.1 ms. And 64 samples is good for 1.1 ms latency.
Now, I don't know if these are amazing values, but it works very well for me. 
@amadeus A massive part of the problem is that there is no central place to look up this stuff. Answers, if there are any, are scattered across forums, Reddit, random Twitter posts (I refuse to click on any X link), and who knows where else. It's a hopeless mess, and I'm tired of it. I'd rather make no music than deal with this crap. I don't want to, but I'm seriously considering buying a used Mac Mini.
@shanesemler Interesting. My experience was completely the opposite. I chose Manjaro back then mainly because I liked the Arch Wiki so much as a really good resource for information. And in fact, I still look there most of the time when I want to know something. But at the end of the day, it has to be fun. I love my Linux journey and have had a great time with it so far. 
@amadeus Arch wiki doesn't solve latency issues. And some "solutions" are so complicated, my brain just shuts off and says, "no, fuck that". It shouldn't be this difficult.
I don't know what you're doing in general, but from my experience Pipewire made everything so much easier.
Make sure you have pipewire and pipewire-jack installed and then start REAPER like this:
$ PIPEWIRE_LATENCY=128/48000 reaper
Here's my latency:
@graves501 @amadeus I hate jack so much. But I'll install Reaper (I was using the portable version) and give it another try.
Thank you for your help @graves501!
And good luck to you @shanesemler!
@amadeus @graves501 Now I look like a liar, or an idiot. The latency is now workable. Anyway, I remember another problem I had, getting a VST drum machine working. It wouldn't give me the setup I needed. I'm not going to use Hydrogen, it has serious limitations and I don't like it. This is such a hassle.
@graves501@fosstodon.orgThat's great!
Regarding drum VSTs: Again, I got drum VSTs working e.g. drumgizmo, MT Powerdrums, heck even Windows only VSTs!
It was some hassle for sure, but it was worth it for me and also embraced the challenge.
So my suggestion is: if you have a working setup on Windows, just keep on using it. Whatever works.
I was willing to put in the work, so I don't have to deal with Windows anymore.
@graves501 @amadeus Yeah, that's not a realistic option. Support for Windows 10 is ending, and I'm not going to use 11. And I don't want a challenge, I want a functional audio setup.
@graves501 @amadeus Thank you both for helping me get Reaper working with minimal latency. Now I'm trying to get VSTs working. I used Carla before, but it's so clunky and awkward to use, I gave up on it. Yabridge seems to work much better. My favourite drum VSTi is from ugritone.com. With Carla, I couldn't get it work with separate channels hopefully I have better luck with Yabridge.