And since when is switching the audio engine to change from reading your email to doing your audio editing a big issue?
i'll tell you when: when you've used OSX, and are now trying Linux out, and Don't Understand At All Why You Have To Even Bother, Or Why Its Cool That You Have To Bother.
Thats when its a big issue. People will see that and go "oh, those wacky Linux guys with their config files and their vi's and greps and gosubs .. no thanks, I'm going back to OSX" ..
Prior to osX that is what you would do on the mac. There are a lot of studios still using os9 hardware with ProTools.
and i would wager that nearly every one of those OS9+ProTools rigs has a very strict "do not mess with my [EMAIL PROTECTED]@'ing AUDIO setup" policy in placee .. otherwise why else would they be using such 'old' technology ..
-- ; Jay Vaughan
