Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Preach it! [was: Re: [linux-audio-user] Re:Behringer etc.]
From: Mark Knecht (markknecht_AT_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Nov 30 2004 - 20:23:10 EET
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:19:55 -0600, Aaron Trumm <aaron_AT_nquit.com> wrote:
> > People everywhere are at least tired of Windows and looking for
> > alternatives. My 76 year old dad got sick of Windows and switched to
> > Linux a year ago. He hasn't run windows since. For Christ's sake,
> > yesterday I uninstalled GigaSampler and now Win ME won't even boot. Go
> > figure? Who knows what folks in studios are putting up with.
>
> I'll tell ya - some studios put up with lots - some waste a million dollars
> on a euphonix console that can't sync - but mainly, what I see is studios go
> ahead and spend 50 grand on a protools rig with hardware so badass that they
> know it'll be stable - also i've seen fairlight systems in places and maybe
> some cubase - but if it ain't stable, it don't get used, basically. and i
> mean stable as a mufucka. we all kind of got burned out by the ADAT
> situation and now nobody wants to mess around - that's what it looks like
> from my point of view anyway
>
> i always bring this up when i can cuz linux has a lot of work to do to get
> really acceptable in that regard
>
>
Very true. Few people want to crash systems when Steven and Joe are in
their studio. they never recover from problems like that.
But I think Linux itself is very stable, and I think Pro Tools is
fairly stable. What's hard for most people to set up is Alsa. Digi
could do that for their hardware only and they'd have something that
would likely be pretty good from the start.
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