Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Pro Audio Software RANT!!!
From: Jason (hormonex_AT_yankthechain.com)
Date: Fri Jan 25 2002 - 21:26:41 EET
I haven't been able to delete my windows partition yet either. Sound Forge
and Sonar are just too important to me economically.
From the reading I've done, the apps that seem to have the most potential
on Linux are Glame and Ardour. As I haven't been able to get a gui working
with sound on my linux box yet, I don't know how well they work.
however, there is a big problem with multitracking applications that holds
true to the linux world as well, and I like to call it digi-envy. Every
application out there has the cignature of ProTools on it in some way, and
as a guy who went to windows to get away from digidesign's unreliable
proprietary garbage, I find that disheartening.
I'm been learning how to program recently, my self, and I'm thinking about
taking a crack at writing audio software for linux at some point, and I
think that may be the problem as Ken pointed out. Everybody and their
grandmother has started writing "The GIMP for Audio" and I'm starting to
think that maybe until someone at the FSF picks up the ball and starts
running with it, that probably isn't going to exist.
another $.02
On Thu,
24 Jan 2002, Ken Locarnini wrote:
> Honestly,
> I've been in the Cakewalk windo$e camp for awhile, and for the last year
> or so I installed Mandrake 8 to give linux a go. I was so excited to get
> away from microsoft. I began to explore all the linux apps out there for
> linux to find my equivalent tools to work with, but the sad fact is,
> -Unless you are into hard-core computor music composition, i.e. coding
> software algos for music
> -Unless you are willing to wrestle with your hardware, far beyond getting
> your sound card to work with asio drivers to get that perfect low-latency
> -Unless you are willing to age 10 years compiling, re-compiling
> applications, drivers, libraries etc., and doing nothing musical
> STAY AWAY!!!
> Use it for what its good for, writing software, networking etc.
> Theoretically, with the low-latency patches we should have good performance,
> but IMHO the apps are not anyway close to what win$ offers, (if you can even
> get them to work without a 4 year degree in computor science), and that
> makes me sad.
> I have found that there is alot of people in linux who get enthused, get
> big plans, begin writing the new monster app only to loose steam later. Ya
> you have the source code but are YOU willing, or have the skills, to get in
> there and code what needs to be done?
> In win$, at least because of the almighty $$$, Cake and Cubase have
> matured for years, and all things aside are fairly stable, mature apps you
> can rely on in biz, if not to just compose some music!!! I really don't get
> it, because the programming talent here is amazing, these guys know
> everything and are very helpfull, indeed the best part about linux. But, in
> win$ there are numerous apps that work, even shareware like the amazing
> Buzz. I would think that these guys could code mature, stable apps that
> rival the win$ stuff, but the opposite is the case. I hate to say it, but
> my observation is that there is too much competition to see who is the best
> programmer and not enough cooperation to get things rolling.
> Sadly Ken
> (as he begins to put win$ back on one of his partitions.........)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Enrico Adami" <adamie_AT_infinito.it>
> To: "Linux Audio User" <linux-audio-user_AT_music.columbia.edu>
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 3:54 AM
> Subject: [linux-audio-user] Pro Audio Software
>
>
> > I am the owner of a pro studio of music recording, i am also a new user of
> > Gnu/Linux Suse 7.3. Before i used win2k and Cubase Vst 32 R1. I need pro
> (or
> > similar) audio software (i have seen al lot of software but i don't know
> > wich is pro or not) for my Pc (with 2 RME hammerfall Digi 9652) . I need
> for
> > example a multitraks hd recording, a mixer with the aux possibility (every
> > misician needs to hear what he plays and what the others play in different
> > channels) and so on until a good software to burn audio CDs.
> > Could anyone help me?
> >
> >
>
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