On 06/28/2014 11:23 AM, Louigi Verona wrote: > Hey Vesa! > > "So, why are you not helping program better features - or better plugins > - for LMMS? You don't have to be a professional codemonkey to do it. > Find a bug and beat it into submission. You'll learn it as you go..." > > Coding is not my passion. My passion is composing music.
Right, well... many people in this world do things not because it's a "passion", but because it's a job and someone has to do it. Personally, I think any job that doesn't in some way make this world a better place isn't worth doing. If you're not working towards improving the world, then what's the point of working at all? Ultimately it's just a waste of time. And, like I said, we all have a passion for music here. We wouldn't be working on an open source _music_ application if we didn't. But the entire point of open source is creating something that benefits us all collectively, it's a very good way to build a better future, and that's something we're all responsible for. Because someone has to do it, and if not you, then who? So whether it's a "passion" or not... if you can do something that truly benefits the world, mankind, the universe... if you can honestly say that you truly believe that what you're doing is the best way for you to be building a better future... then you're already doing enough. And if not... well, github is right there, get crackin' on it ;) > No argument from me there, but in making sophisticated electronic music > you very often need a little more than basic filters and DC offset. I > think my > thought was clear. Obviously, the plugin set we have on Linux is > nowhere even > near in quality and diversity with what the VST world has to offer. > That's all I'm > sayin. Diversity? Sure. But let's be real here: 90% of all windows-VST's are pure crap, or copies of each other, or very shoddily coded - or all of above. I don't even bother with winVST's much these days, because they're often just not necessary, often I can do the same things more efficiently with native LMMS plugins. It's the same thing with LADSPA... many of them are redundant or poor quality, but if we look at numbers, I think there's actually a smaller percentage of pure crap than there is in VST's. And sure there are more plugins in the VST world, but there are some amazingly good-quality plugins for Linux. Check out the LinuxDSP site, for example. They have pro-grade plugins that easily rival any windows-VST competitors. Then we have things like Zyn, Hexter, nekobee, modular systems like AMS, samplers like LinuxSampler, some very good effects, and even the LMMS native instruments are getting better constantly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ LMMS-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel
