Like said before, I think alot of user feedback could be gained if just there was a simple way to do it, and people got reminded.
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Michael Bechard <[email protected]> wrote: > I second the frustration on a lack of user feedback... > > Michael > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Devin Anderson <[email protected]> > *To:* Dave Phillips <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected]; > [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 5, 2013 11:09 AM > *Subject:* Re: [LAD] [LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ? > > Hi Dave, > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Dave Phillips <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Not enough native plugins, esp. instruments. > > I think this is one of the key problems with Linux audio. Part of the > problem is that there is no clear mechanism for (non-developer) users > to create their own instruments. Many VSTs are constructed with > modular DSP programs like synthedit and flowstone (formerly > synthmaker). There's probably an opportunity here for Ingen or a new > graphical DSP program based on Faust to fill this hole. > > In general, I think that Linux audio has a lot of tools that help > users to create music, but not a lot of tools that help users create > their own tools (e.g. instruments, plugins, sample libraries, etc.) to > help others to create music. > > On the development side, I think Aurélien and others like him have the > right idea in taking instruments/plugins that are specific to a Linux > audio application and porting them to LV2. There's a lot of awesome > instruments that are specific to applications (e.g. ALSA Modular > Synth, LMMS, etc.) that would generally be more useful if they were > LV2 plugins. > > > Poor external/internal session management. > > Interacting with external hardware can be frustrating. Commercial > programs like Renoise account for external hardware in their workflows > (e.g. latency management, MIDI clock, MMC, etc.). Most Linux Audio > apps don't do this. > > > Too much conflict/fragmentation within the development community. > > I've been trying to write something about conflict and fragmentation > for the past 10 minutes. I think this is a complex issue. I'm not > able to find the words to communicate about it right now. > > > So, in your honest and bold opinion as user and/or developer, what do we > > lack most and what can we do without that we already have ? > > As a developer, I'm missing a couple things: > > 1.) User feedback. > > I can't stress this enough. I watch the download counts increase on > the applications I create, but I hardly ever get feedback. I'm > discouraged and frustrated by the lack of feedback. > > 2.) Non-code developers > > We have a lot of dedicated open source developers writing Linux audio > apps, plugins, etc., but I have yet to meet an open source UI > designer, or an open source graphic artist. I think a lot of the apps > we create could benefit from the feedback of a user interface > experience expert. > > There's probably more, but these are the two things that occur to me now. > > Dave, this is an important topic. Thanks for taking it on. > > -- > Devin Anderson > surfacepatterns (at) gmail (dot) com > > blog - http://surfacepatterns.blogspot.com/ > midisnoop - http://midisnoop.googlecode.com/ > psinsights - http://psinsights.googlecode.com/ > synthclone - http://synthclone.googlecode.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev > >
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