Matrix - I don’t know of a client that allows audio screenshares which is important when sites keep removing the watchparty features

If you use Element web with a chrome-based browser you can share a tab playing a video from the same browser. I use Helium to connect to matrix and my Jellyfin server to stream movies regularly. Within the last few months they’ve added the ability to adjust stream volume as well.

I’ve never used FL but I’ve seen people mention they’re had success with it on Linux.

This guide looks legit.

https://linuxvox.com/blog/flstudio-linux/

When I first started with audio production it was with Audacity. When I realized it wasn’t the best way to record an album I switched to Ardour. It was compared to Pro Tools a lot at the time and I don’t know how similar they are but I loved using it. When I started working with some new people I switched to their preferred DAW, Reaper. Now I basically only use Reaper because it’s easier for some of the people newer to production. Ardour is still amazing and I think you should try them both and see which you like more. Maybe you can get FL working well but I think it’s better to use something that runs native so you can support the orgs that are producing software for Linux and so eliminate some headaches.

I use native plugins as much as possible but sometimes a collaborator will use something meant for Windows and Mac only. What I do is install the plugin with WINE, using default paths, de-selecting any bullshit I don’t care for, and then run a command to sync the plugins, yabridgectl sync. Sometimes plugins don’t work perfectly because of missing fonts or whatever but there’s a lot of advice on the project page for individual plugins. I’ve had pretty good luck so far but currently there’s a rendering issue I’m waiting for an update on. Mouse clicks are offset for some reason. It’s probably fixed by now in the stable version. It’s been a month or two since I’ve checked on it since there are plenty of native and built-in plugins within Reaper.

https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge

I was just thinking about finding an alternative to projects in github or jira. Gonna try this out tomorrow. https://www.openproject.org/collaboration-software-features/

Matrix is more like Skype/Zoom you create a call or session.

That’s true for Matrix with Jitsi. I’m selfhosting with Element Call enabled and we’re using video rooms that you can use as one does on Discord. It’s nice but needs a few more features before I’ll be completely happy with it. For a group to voice chat it’s great. If you’re sharing shows, movies, games, etc then I think it needs the following…

• Per share stream volume controls
• Audio quality settings
• Push to talk

I’ve seen pull requests that address these things so I’m hoping that we see these features soon than later.

Well now I want to know how it does work. Can you post a wall of text about it? I’ll read it.

For real. I’ve provided a matrix instance for people to test to see if it suits their needs and to stress test it to make sure it’s reliable at the scale we need. So far it’s been great for two of us but I’m afraid the rest are all going to join at the same time, the server won’t be able to handle the number of people doing voice and video chats and then they’ll hate the whole thing. Other thing they might do is join the main Matrix instance and see how slow it is. That’s almost worse.

I’m sorry, you didn’t ask for all this info. You said a thing and it made me want to get some stuff off my chest. I almost posted more but deleted it. Then I wrote more and deleted that. I’m just gonna stop now but I feel better now that I’ve typed some things at a stranger on the internet that I agree with. It’s almost like a virtual hug. Hope you felt it too :D

Yeah, I’ve been drinking. It’s Friday somewhere.

do you have any posts or articles that discuss this? I’ve heard this referenced a few times but haven’t seen examples yet. I’ll continue searching but I’d appreciate you can link me to.