Re: [linux-audio-user] WINE and ASIO

On 9/25/06, Brad Fuller <brad@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> Chris McCormick wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 08:11:08AM -0700, Ken wrote:
> >
> >> I've played alot with M$ music apps, and the best in my opinion were
> >> Reaktor and Kontakt2 sampler. Reaktor is what I wish Csound could
> >> become. The pre-built synths people have made were/are amazing.
> >>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Have you tried Puredata? It has many similar concepts to Reaktor; dataflow
> > patching, you can build your own GUI instruments, etc. This is based on a
> > very cursory play with Reaktor at a friend's place, so I could be wrong,
> > but I think they're similar.
> >
> They are a little bit similar, but not the same. pd is more like Max
> than Reaktor.
>
> I like them both, and they are complementary.
> I use Kontakt as well, and I've found nothing as good as Kontakt in
> Linux-land.
>
> --

That's one thing that really needs developing in Linux... Better
sampling software. LinuxSampler is great for Gig, but other formats
are sorely lacking. And there are so many possibilities with things
like GigaPulse, which AFAIK, has no Linux replacement yet.

-TimH
Received on Tue Sep 26 00:15:03 2006