Hi folks, this application is why I started using 2.1 and I don't think there is any conflict regarding an established product. Muse abuses the linux name by making an association in the same way that Korg does in its oasys. They advertize that there is linux inside for marketing purposes or maybe to borrow some credibility, but there is nothing open about either system. If you buy a receptor and are on tour in finland and the power supply dies, the unit entire must be sent to boston. Why mention linux at all if the user never receives the administrator password? If you look at the acknowledgements in the receptor, they thank all the providers of free instrument plugins, with no mention to any of the technologies that are fundamental to its operation including wine, vnc and presumably so many others from the kernel to the shared libraries. And have they contributed to wine? Not that I have heard of. In principle I don't think receptor is any different from the typical products of Roland Yamaha and Korg in respect to providing a closed but well defined musical system. 64studio is the one linux distribution in my experience that gets very close to providing a similar level of reliability, but with a much greater potential. I think receptor should represent to 64studio what is possible, but also what to beat. I have already on my own built a 2.1 rack system for less money than a new receptor that can do alot more, sounds better and you know what else? I can replace the power supply in finland. I have a backup pc laptop with 3.0 beta 3 that is not as fast, but provides all the same functions and doesn't need to be racked, but will run perfectly with a rme multiface at very low latencies. And running NI softsynths, truepianos, and many others.
At last years NAMM I was working for RME and the Indamixx was right around the corner. I tried checking it out, but there were always people there and you can't see anything with people standing there because its so small. I think Trinity was a guest at that time on someone elses' booth. Directly across is Native Instruments, who I also used to work for, who have given up on NAMM and musikmesse to save some money so maybe that booth number is up for grabs. ;) With pdk, 64studio is positioned quite nicely. Muse has its hands full with a single OS image that they keep locked down. Think they could handle more images for various hardware configs? I don't think so. And why not let that strategy run its course. Indamixx is way cool, but as a prototype I can see alot more devices conceivably in the future, and the name Trinity is perfect. I have been trying to tell folks like Peter Kirn over at CDM to not talk about linux as the either or, but in equivalence to the commercial platforms, and to highlight what software runs on all three OS or the Trinity of support. People have anxiety about 'moving' or 'switching' because there are politics in systems like there is in dancing. I wish I could work for Trinity and 64studio to help make the most bada$$ musical systems out there!!! The only thing that is missing that receptor has is full on support and driver for the audio interface. RME is still indifferent and without a pro card with direct and open support for drivers it is still a kind of risky proposition to make commercial audio products. I think the receptor inside is frontier. I checked the new RME pcie AIO and lspci thinks its something else entirely. I asked Matthias Carstens about linux support and contributions of code to ALSA for the new Fireface UC, but they need to get it established on mac and windows first. Its also an entirely new driver model. Hopefully 64studio and Trinity does not go the way of Muse and just make appliances. I like simplicity and fewer things to break, but I think if its linux it should stay open. Cheers and with most respect, jonathan adams leonard On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Daniel James <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rosea, > > > Building a Hardware VST host and/or LADSPA/LV2/DSSI hardware host, is > > that maybe a nice project for 64studio.com or Trinity? > > Potentially, although the Muse Research device is already well > established in the market. Any product we make has to be radically > different or radically better than what's already available. > > Cheers! > > Daniel > _______________________________________________ > 64studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-devel >
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