Re: [LAU] Bitwig: what we can learn from it

On 03/30/2014 03:10 PM, rosea.grammostola wrote:
>
> It's true, the attention to workflow and needs of musicians of Bitwig
> is impressive.
> I'm sure I'll be aware even more of it's possibilities if someone
> shows me what you can do in Bitwig exactly.
>
> On the other hand, looking at Bitwig I'm not sure whether I should be
> more impressed by Biwtig or by the achievements of the linuxuadio
> community, of what is possible with Floss Linuxaudio already. And yes
> impressed also by the technical infrastructure. I mean, what you get
> from Bitwig is portaudio, that's almost a shame for a 300 euro app
> from a linuxaudio-user pov. Also it lacks OSC, LADSPA, LV2 and NSM
> support. Stuff you'll find in Ardour for instance.
>
> Also the quality in sound(instruments/samples) they give you for your
> 300 euro, is not impressive for me, don't get fooled. But this seems
> to be cultural thing, the acceptance of low quality sound.
>
> My conclusion so far is that Bitwig gives you what Linuxaudio lack too
> often, smooth workflow and 'completeness' of features. This is a major
> thing for people who want to make music!
>
> On the other hand, apart from very sophisticated features for making
> beats etc., a lot could be possible with Linuxaudio tools or is
> already possible today.
>
> The challenge today is to make Linuxaudio tools more friendly and
> complete for musicians and integrate them better with each other. With
> metadata in JACK, NSM, OSC it should be possible to improve this more
> and more. It would be nice to launch Non-Timeline in a NSM session
> with Carla and control Carla by Non-Timeline via OSC for instance.

Oh and we need to improve and polish our MIDI sequencers on Linux
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Received on Mon Mar 31 20:15:02 2014