Linux huh... That give it a higher geek factor than I had originally given it. Considering that there are patches and drivers for the Linux kernel than allow one to sustain 1ms of audio latency, I'm not that surprised that a Linux version was released.
George Jones IV Technical Systems Administrator BBDO Detroit (248) 293-4780 -----Original Message----- From: Grammenos, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:20 PM To: 'Giles Dickerson'; 313@Hyperreal.Org (E-mail); Eric Scuccimarra Subject: RE: [313] final scratch ==>> Very Appealing for these reasons ==>> I took a look at the website earlier, it can be installed on LINUX. PC only though... -p -----Original Message----- From: Giles Dickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:12 PM To: 313@Hyperreal.Org (E-mail); Eric Scuccimarra Subject: RE: [313] final scratch ==>> Very Appealing for these reasons ==>> So what type of system do you need for final scratch? - Giles D I G I T A S // B O S T O N -- Giles Dickerson Art Director 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199 -- mobile 617 899 9635 office 617 369 8601 > ---------- > From: Eric Scuccimarra > Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2002 4:05 PM > To: Giles Dickerson; 313@Hyperreal.Org (E-mail) > Subject: Re: [313] final scratch ==>> Very Appealing for these reasons ==>> > > I think that the reason it's only written for BeOS, not Mac or > Windows, is > because of the audio latency. The last I heard they had it down to > like 5 > ms or something. If anyone has ever seen BeOS in action it's pretty > impressive. There's no way a Mac or a Windows machine could handle audio > latency that low. > > And 5 ms still isn't all that great for DJ uses, at least in my > opinion. > > At 03:58 PM 6/5/2002 -0400, Giles Dickerson wrote: > >1. I had spine surgery 1 year ago for an injury I incurred most > >probably > >from carrying my records to my radio show and DJ gigs. It caused me three > >years of unbearable pain (anyone who knew me then can attest to this > >by > >the shear number of pills I was taking) and my limp. I ended up in the > >emergency room in New York and then on Morphine for a week and into > >neurosurgery. I would like to avid another back injury and therefore not > >carrying my records to gigs is very appealing. > > > >2. My record bag can only hold 40 - 60 records, and is limiting as > >I'm > >sure you all know. You know that moment where you still have apile of > >records you HAVE to bring with you to this gig but there's just no room! > >With a big selection of my records on a laptop I can have a few hundred > >tracks with me. > > > >3. With my music in a laptop or hard drive in my carry-on bag I never have > >to worry about flying / losing / breaking my records in airports / baggage > >claims. Ever know anyone that's had a crate of their favorite records > >ripped off? Don't answer that. > > > >All this adds up to me wanting a MAC version. I'll keep buying vinyl, > >I > >love listening to it at home and almost all the music I own in on wax, but > >come on, get that heavy record bag off my shoulder and I'm a happy camper. > > > >- Giles > > > >D I G I T A S // B O S T O N > >-- > >Giles Dickerson > >Art Director > >800 Boylston Street > >Boston, MA > >02199 > >-- > >mobile 617 899 9635 > >office 617 369 8601 > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
