Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Read this after your first cup of coffee
From: Julien Claassen (julien_AT_c-lab.de)
Date: Fri Aug 20 2004 - 22:06:45 EEST
Hello John!
I'm writing, because I think, that with one of your points you are wrong.
You said, that ecasound and cecilia (and perhaps you also meant fluidsynth,
csound...) aren't really interesting to pros. They are SO DAMN Important to a
few users (pros and nonpros) and they are specific to linux in their design).
They are import for blind and otherwise visually impaired people. You wouldn't
find such apps - so suited to the visually impaireds' needs - on either
windows nor MAC. On mac there is no braille-support at all (the blind's way of
writing and reading) and on windows, using good commercial soundapps is much
too difficult, too. So in that way, those - somewhat ancient or esoteric
looking - programs are unique to unix and highly important to improve
"barriere free" usage.
Btw.: They are unique, because there are text-based, but technically
up-to-date (which isn't the case with dos-programs). - And if you were to
argue now, that this group is neglectible, I should tell you, that especially
in the US such matters could be killer-matters for a company. - Besides I
started out a complete idiot in the field of audio and now do my best to
create high quality productions. I didn't know about a mixer, or how to use
effects (what were they anyway?) and I learned all that with ecasound. Ways of
learning and working can be quite different if you are impaired or disabled in
anyway.
Kindest regards
Julien
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