On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Dave Phillips <[email protected]>wrote:
> Greetings, > > I've spent this morning reading through the ~200 replies to the topic. IMO > the thread has devolved gracefully and I have the information I was looking > for. > > I'll make a fuller reply after I get into my article, but it's clear that > the most pressing need is for more skilled developers. This is in stark > contrast to the scene in 2000 - at that time virtually every member of > LAU/LAD was a developer and/or technically involved user. Few of us were > "just musicians". Now it looks like the musicians outnumber the devs, a not > entirely unhappy situation, despite evident problems rising from the > imbalance. > It would be great if we could get more students involved in linux audio. 8 years ago, I picked up linux in order to program some DSP audio code that I was thinking about. It really lowered the barrier of entry into audio programming. I think more engineering students could get involved, knowing some of the things you can do with linux. My university didn't have an audio program--there were maybe just a few engineers I knew that were strongly inclined to work on audio or acoustics. There is a lack of collaboration between engineering and art/music students here and very little direction from professors concerning art and technology--but I see some of that beginning to change. I think that linux is much more well known and it's easier than ever to get started. So--might I suggest to do something more for student outreach? What do you think would make a difference? Chuck
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