"I'm surprised you didn't mention Luppp, libmapper, or the resurgence of ZynAddSubFX developement.
Don't be - it is impossible to mention everything :) But this is why I want to hear what other people say - crowd source approach ;) On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:04 PM, J. Liles <malnour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Louigi Verona <louigi.ver...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hey fellas! >> >> Would like to present an article I've written. Mostly wrote it to start a >> conversation and hear what others have to say on the subject. >> >> >> http://www.louigiverona.ru/?page=projects&s=writings&t=linux&a=linux_progress >> >> You can comment here or on my textboard (which does not require >> registration). >> >> > Seems like a pretty negative outlook overall. Progress has definitely been > slower than many of us would like, but that's understandable considering > that most Linux Audio programs are maintained by single developers (with > lots of other projects) or small groups. I'm surprised you didn't mention > Luppp, libmapper, or the resurgence of ZynAddSubFX developement. I think > the KXStudio project represents a *huge* amount of progress as far as > integration and user experience goes. > > My personal frustration with Linux Audio is mainly focused on the > seemlingly iron-clad (but flawed) JACK API. We've needed the ability to > rename clients and have ports with arbitrary event payloads (to allow MIDI, > OSC, or whatever other streams to be managed via the JACK connection graph > and frame clock) for years. And, even though many proposals have been made > and patches submitted, it doesn't look like the JACK API is ever going to > be improved--which doesn't speak well at all for the future of modular > audio on Linux (such improvements are unnecessary for monolithic > applications such as Ardour since they duplicate all this functionality > internally) . If an API is going to be fixed and rigid, it must also be > extensible (like LV2). > > Still, I remain committed to improving Linux Audio and generally > optimistic about the future. > > -- Louigi Verona http://www.louigiverona.ru/
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