the very first idea i had was to invite someone from other OS project psycle, qtracktor, ardour, zyna -> maybe not the software suite, but software synth maybe jack-dev itself
the kisckstarter idea i had was not in to going for developers, but to propose something new for people/company the company idea is more like startup and for both cases there are some obligations, because of money rise as for idea i am using enlightenment as Desktop Environment and i'd like to make sounds for e, but not the midi or ogg/mp3, with lmms engine i can create any instrument and after integration with DE it would be nice to export song or sounds set as the desktop theme -> going forward they are supported by samsung, this means that this DE can be used for android -> mobile device sound engine - that's what i was thinking for kickstarter of lmms-project. On 29.07.2014 13:23, Vesa wrote: > So, I'm just going to put this out here. The future of LMMS is very > uncertain right now. Sure we have lots of activity on the mailing list, > people working enthusiastically on what they can, and that's all great! > But there are some looming issues that are getting worse as we go on. > > The problem is, we're getting to the point where the limitations of the > current LMMS core engine are starting to severely handicap what we can > do with the software. > > Sure, we can improve functionality - sample tracks, automation, etc. - > but many things are hard or impossible to do because of the limitations: > Jack support, RT-safety, being able to integrate with external software, > reliable live usage... > > Paul Giblock had the idea of migrating LMMS to use his Unison core. This > would be a good idea, if we had the resources to make that happen, but > currently... let's look at the situation: I currently write about 50% of > the code for LMMS, and the rest are small improvements - mostly UI, > build system, localization or small optimizations... and I'm not skilled > enough to do RT- or systems coding, or to design a new engine for LMMS. > The ones who do have the skills (Toby, Paul) are too busy with RL and > don't have enough time to do this kind of work, and AFAIK none of our > other developers have the required skillsets to migrate LMMS to a new > core (please correct me if I'm wrong!). > > So let's brainstorm some ideas how we can get over this hurdle. If we > could get a modern, RT-safe engine for LMMS, there's such a huge > potential that could be done with it - we could really make LMMS into a > professional-grade DAW that is still easy enough to get into for beginners. > > I'll throw some ideas out here: > > 1. Kickstarter campaign for a hired developer? Do a kickstarter to raise > some funds, then use the money to hire a developer to help with the > migration to a new core. Do we have enough of a userbase that this could > be feasible? > > 2. Try to find a developer who'd be willing to work on this project. > This has (and is) been tried, with no luck so far. > > 3. Try to improve the current engine gradually. I've been attempting > this, but again, see re: lack of skill in RT-coding. Paul has also > earlier opined that the current engine is unsalvageable, not sure about > that but it definitely is challenging. > > 4. Google Summer of Code? This might be an option for next year, we > might want to start looking into this if it's something we want to do. > > Ok that's all I got for now. Anyone else have any ideas? Please feel > free to pipe in, there are no bad ideas at this point. > > If we can figure out a game plan, we could then skip the 1.3 release in > order to concentrate on the codebase rehaul, and present a brand new and > improved LMMS 2.0 next year. That'd be awesome if we could somehow make > that happen... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Infragistics Professional > Build stunning WinForms apps today! > Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. > Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > LMMS-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel > -- RA -- Symbiants oe ai ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ LMMS-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel
