Quoting Josh Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Besides, if you do get it programmed, it only needs to be done once and > > everyone benifits, versus each individual having to go out and buy a > multichannel card. And it does sound like a nice little experiment.
it will be fun :o) even if it doesnt quite work... it will be fun, and a learning experience :o) maybe its crazy (well, yes, it *is* pretty crazy!)... but innovation never happens without a few crazy ideas... yes... thats the idea - if we can get it to work... lots of people stand to benefit from it. not everyone has access to the sort of money that is required to set up a professional studio... or can work at a nice big ProTools rig like the one i was working at this morning. undoubtably, the more expensive setups like this are much better hardware... of course. but my own creativity is being frustrated because i don't have gear of that level at home... i only have access to it while i'm studying for my Ph.D. - yet my work depends on it. so why should my lack of resources limit my ability to compose?... ;o) i'm definately not the only one in this position - it is the same problem facing the studio for whom we are building this crazy piece of hard/software. we know its not going to be "productive"... its not going to be easy, and it may well not work... but then again, it just might... and a lot of people will be able to benefit from it if it does :o))). i guess my inquiry has highlighted a divide that is happening in the linux community - between those who are seeking to make linux a professional software platform, and those who use and develop linux as an alternative, because of the free software ethos... neither of these positions are wrong, just different focuses for different people. > Screw productivity, its over-rated! > (s/productivity/(practicality|punctuality|commercialism)/ as you > please) absolutely! :o) ...i've been reading Naomi Klein's "No Logo" lately... which i've found has some very interesting resonances with the free / open source software movement... best wishes -miriam ~~~~~>><:>~~~~~ iriXx [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.iriXx.org "i'm not here... this isn't happening" Get your own zoom email - click here - http://www.zoom.co.uk/
