# John's DAW Notes
Music production has been a hobby for years. 
I can't say I'm any good at it, but it is a hobby.
I currently use [Reaper](reaper), [Ableton](ableton), [Bitwig](bitwig), and [FL Studio](fl) in various capacities.
Then I have a sizeable [plugin](plugins) collection, including many [softsynths](synth/software).
I originally placed DAW and music production-related notes on my [pt2](https://pt2.allsup.co) wiki,
but decided it made more sense to move it all to its own music-production related wiki.
The migration will happen gradually, but generally if I add new content, it will go here,
and if I update content on the pt2 wiki, I'll move it over here.

In addition, I wish to add some content relating to [my general
philosophy of learning](/philosophy) music software and using it effectively,
including what I've learned from the many dead-ends I've explored
over the years.

I should say that what you see here is more like an open-to-the-public notebook
where I note things for myself, write my thoughts, and so on, and everybody can see.
It is not a traditional publication as one might find in book form. Nor is it
either static or finished: it is always a work in progress, usually with things being
added or tweaked. Once something appears on a publicly viewable wiki like this,
it generally means I'm happy for anybody or everybody to see it.

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# Sources
* [Background Image](daw_bg1.png): uses [This REAPER image from Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:REAPER_Digital_Audio_Workstation.jpg) which is Creative Commons Share Alike 4.0. Thus this background image is reusable under the same license.

# About This Wiki
This wiki uses [Purple Tree 2](https://pt2.allsup.co/pt2/PurpleTree2), an open source Wiki
I wrote in PHP and Javascript, available [here](https://github.com/johnallsup/pt2_public_2024)
under the GPL3. It's basically an elaborate frontend built around the Parsedown renderer.