Ardour 3 supports MIDI tracks, controller automation,… VST support unknown
requirements:
apt-get install g++ libart-2.0-dev libasound2-dev libatkmm-1.6-dev libaubio-dev libc6-dev libcairo2-dev libcairomm-1.0-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libfftw3-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev libglibmm-2.4-dev libgnomecanvas2-dev libgnomecanvasmm-2.6-dev libgtk2.0-dev libgtkmm-2.4-dev libjack-jackd2-dev liblilv-dev liblo-dev liblrdf0-dev libpango1.0-dev libpangomm-1.4-dev libsamplerate0-dev libsigc++-2.0-dev libsndfile1-dev libsuil-dev libx11-dev libxml2-dev libboost-dev uuid-dev libcppunit-dev libclalsadrv-dev
build:
./waf configure ./waf ./waf install