When comparing Qtractor vs Waveform, the Slant community recommends Waveform for most people. In the question“What are the best DAWs? ” Waveform is ranked 14th while Qtractor is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Waveform is:
Runs great on Linux(except LV2 Support).
Specs
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Pros
Pro Stable and fast
Pro Frequently updated
Pro Libre software
Comes with source code and you can modify it.
Pro Wide plugin support
Pro Powerful routing
Qtractor doesn't just have JACK support, it has JACK and a connections window built in and integrated. JACK allows for extremely powerful routing options.
Pro Nice interface
Pro Linux support
Runs great on Linux(except LV2 Support).
Pro Free version available
Older releases are available for free when new versions come out.
Pro Clean interface
Pro ARM/ARM64 support
Runs on SBC (single board computer) systems like the Raspberry Pi3, Pine64, and ODroid development boards, as well as systems like the Pinebook and Chromebooks with ARM based SoC CPU's that have been reformatted with a Linux OS.
Pro Easy to understand
Very logically structured.
Pro Creative Tools
Has a Chord Track, MIDI pattern creator and great included tools.
Pro Very stable
Pro Ideal for beginners
Self-explaining interface.
Cons
Con Only for Linux
Con Very clunky workflow
Adding tracks is clumsy and slow, multi-window interface is pretty unreliable.
Con Crashes a lot
Con Not open source
Con Not suited for live performance
No session based Workflow (like Live/Bitwig), hiccups upon loading projects.
Con No option to easily cut a file
There is no scissors tool or similar....