On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:18 PM, michael noble <loop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:58 PM, Dave Phillips <dlphill...@woh.rr.com>wrote: > >> What I'm more interested in is what *you* think is missing most or just >> plain wrong about the situation. > > > > I started using linux for audio primarily for sooperlooper, which at the > time (over ten years ago i think) was the best if not the only EDP > emulation for any platform. It worked great then, and it still works great, > so from that perspective, nothing is wrong with linux audio for me, except > for the constant hand-wringing and complaining that something is wrong with > linux audio! > > But of course, that is not the whole picture. Every now and then I wish > there was a native linux audiomulch equivalent, for example, but then I > usually get to thinking how wrong-headed such desires seem. Windows or OSX > never really evolved as audio platforms trying to emulate Windows or OSX so > much, they evolved as platforms for music creation in their own terms. > That's somewhat naive and an over simplification I realize, because for > sure different software packages emulated and influenced each other, and > even MS and Apple have always had their tensions about who truly innovated > various features (and even linux can stake a claim in that respect). > > But my point is that expecting linux to be just like one of those > platforms seems dunderheaded to me. So one of the things wrong with linux > audio (for me) is the constant stream of expectations to replicate the > experience of other platforms. It may happen, but I don't think it is a > worthy drive for development. Yes, certain features may be worth emulating, > but often times I get the feeling that people have a working setup on > another platform, and then complain mostly because they have to give that > up when they switch platforms. They then get increasingly frustrated as > they realize things will just not be the same as they were when they had a > working setup on the other platform. Which often makes me question why some > people switch at all. > > A lot of the points raised in this thread are perfectly valid I'm sure > from the perspective of the individuals raising them, and that's what this > thread is about, but I'm going to take a stand against what seems to a > trend of slagging the "audio geeks". For me that is exactly what makes > linux unique, interesting, fun, and yes, sometimes frustrating. It is a > system where the whole system is available to play and learn and grow as > you grow as a musician or sound designer. Its never-ending openness and > diversity limits its effectiveness in emulating windows or OSX, but linux > offers an open palette of learning opportunities. Linux has taught me more > about system design and the bigger picture of digital audio than Windows > and OSX ever did. Of course, that's hard to quantify because who knows what > might have happened if I didn't switch all those years ago (for one thing I > might have made more music and spent less time learning about systems), but > linux is what it is and I'd rather spend time taking advantage of what it > is and then bemoaning what it isn't, as difficult as that can be sometimes. > > 2 minor units of currency > Michael > Very well put.
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