Subject: RE: [linux-audio-dev] Poll about linux music audio app usability
From: Ivica Bukvic (ico_AT_fuse.net)
Date: Mon Jun 10 2002 - 08:45:22 EEST
However, forgot to mention, that it would be still nice to see
user-friendliness become a standard in Linux ;-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivica Bukvic [mailto:ico_AT_fuse.net]
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 1:42 AM
> To: 'linux-audio-dev_AT_music.columbia.edu'
> Subject: RE: [linux-audio-dev] Poll about linux music audio app
usability
>
> What I think is that this is great since there is less likelihood that
> someone else will be using the same tools I do and hence less likely
will
> my music sound like thousands of others :-)
>
> Ivica Ico Bukvic, composer, multimedia sculptor,
> programmer, webmaster & computer consultant
> http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico/
> ico_AT_fuse.net
> ============================
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-audio-dev-admin_AT_music.columbia.edu
[mailto:linux-audio-dev-
> > admin_AT_music.columbia.edu] On Behalf Of Juan Linietsky
> > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 1:10 AM
> > To: linux-audio-user_AT_music.columbia.edu; linux-audio-
> > dev_AT_music.columbia.edu
> > Subject: [linux-audio-dev] Poll about linux music audio app
usability
> >
> > I thought this may be of interest to the list.
> > In a k5 poll about usability of linux audio apps,
> > ( http://www.kuro5hin.org/poll/1023512126_OSelOkZS )
> > So far, out of 38 answers the results are:
> >
> > -How do you like music software for Linux?
> >
> > 2 % - Great! It has everything I need.
> >
> > 13 % - Good, but i wish apps were more userfriendly (Like Reaktor or
> > SoundForge)
> >
> > 31 % - Could be better, I think the apps are not yet mature enough
for
> > my needs.
> >
> > 15 % - It's unusable, the apps plain suck.
> >
> > 10 % - Dont care about composing on computers
> >
> > 26 % - Dont care about composing.
> >
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> >
> > I think this raises some questions.. My feeling is that most people
> > aiming to write music on this OS is expecting to have apps with
super
> > easy and intuitive interfaces, where you only go trough displays,
> > knobs, sliders and paintabe areas.
> > Why we dont have apps such as Reason, Reaktor, Sonar, Sound Forge,
> > etc? I dont mean full apps, but at least projects aiming for that
kind
> > of thing.
> > We do have very powerful tools, but i have to admit that for most of
> > them we have to learn some script programming.
> > Do we lack good APIs? Alsa MIDI api is the best I have seen for it's
> > kind. Also, sould linux apps really take this windows approach of
> > making huge bloated interfaces with lots of eye candy, or should we
> > try to improve on making our apps intercommunicate between
eachother,
> > while still giving some importance to ease of use?
> >
> > What do you think about this issue?
> >
> >
> > Juan Linietsky
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