Mark Knecht wrote:
>On 10/23/05, Ken <renueden@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
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>>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...
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Just my 2.5 cents,
>Mark
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good points, thanks for the info.
Received on Sun Oct 23 20:15:07 2005
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