On 10/23/05, Ken <renueden@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> >
> seems a little emvarrissing that all the talented linux programmers are
> concentrating their efforts on running M$ based plugins. should be a
> slew of dssi's by now, or maybe a reaktor killer...
>
Personally I don't see it this way at all, at least form a user's
point of view. I write music. I want sounds. I use whatever tools are
available to me to do it. If I have Reaktor, which I do, but I don't
want to run it on Win XP for either stability or licensing reasons,
then running it Linux is a sensible thing to look into. When Dave,
myself and others discuss this topic I don't think that any of us are
speaking as developers. I'm certainly not one.
If the folks writing Wine are doing the tasks they want to accomplish
then we are doing them a service in testing Wine. (Whether through
xfst or Wine/Savihost/etc.) I am served if I can run Reaktor.
I have little patience for the idea of *waiting* for first 'a Reaktor
Killer' and then later a set of instruments programmed into that
killer that allow me the breadth and depth of sound I get from Reaktor
today. I'll be happy to use them if and when they appear. A very good
example (IMO) is ZynAddSubFx. Good synth. Very usable. Very limited
preprogrammed libray of sounds for a casual user to start with.
Compared to Reaktor Session, where you start with 100's of interesting
preprogrammed sounds for the cost of $200 I saved at least weeks of
time, most probably months of time over the last few years.
Just my 2.5 cents,
Mark
Received on Sun Oct 23 20:15:06 2005
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