If one of the free tools do the job for you then that's fine but don't think you're limited to linux just because you have linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software) >>Wine[a] is a free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow application software and computer games developed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems. ... The selection of **"Wine is Not an Emulator"** as the name of the Wine Project was the result of a naming discussion in August 1993[15] and credited to David Niemi. BF1942 with desert combat mod, which is strictly a windows program with a mod on top of it, runs like a charm with wine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ityCZ2CapI it's an old game but you get the idea, it's a FPS game to begin with, it takes a minimum of resources to run, and the engine isn't super optimized, so for a music software you have rooms So... Since many of the best music softwares tend to be paid/proprietary and on windows, and given that in the music industry there are standards, and that chances are, most of your friends are on windows and will likely use those industry standards... Well maybe you should give wine a shot with a the windows program of your choice https://www.makeuseof.com/install-wine-ubuntu/