Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: image problem [was Re: [Alsa-devel] help fora levelmeter]

2002-11-12 Thread David Gerard Matthews
D R Holsbeck wrote: I guess stability is not an issue? It's not the potential drawing card that it once was. OSX is as stable as Linux, and even 'doze XP is getting there, from what I hear. -dgm To attract commercial attention, a Linux audio application would have to offer either a unique

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: image problem [was Re: [Alsa-devel] help fora levelmeter]

2002-11-09 Thread David Gerard Matthews
Paul Davis wrote: OS X, despite being "unix", actually promotes/requires that applications are written using an API (i.e. a set of libraries) that bear little resemblance to anything traditionally called "unix". so even this will not help the porting effort. in theory, the gnustep people have a s

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: image problem [was Re: [Alsa-devel] help fora levelmeter]

2002-11-08 Thread David Gerard Matthews
Mark Knecht wrote: I'd pay regular retail prices for any program that could compete with Logic, Pro Tools or Cubase SX on the Linux platform. Whoa, something Mark K. and I agree on! :) Right on! As a user I feel a bit trapped that I can't get the software I want today AT ANY PRICE on Linux

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: image problem [was Re: [Alsa-devel] help fora levelmeter]

2002-10-22 Thread David Gerard Matthews
Paul Davis wrote: i do know what RTcmix is. i've used it. its a really cool program. its not the sort of thing i would use for RTP. if you do, thats great, but most of the people who are buying software for RTP are also not looking for software like RTcmix. LADSPA plugin out there... Yet you s

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: image problem [was Re: [Alsa-devel] help fora levelmeter]

2002-10-22 Thread David Gerard Matthews
Ivica Bukvic wrote: That being said, I have been at least somewhat convinced that Jack is possibly the way to go, and after some thinking, I've decided to attempt porting RTcmix into the Jack framework. Only time will now tell whether this was worth it or not. Regards, Ico That was the mos

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: image problem [was Re: [Alsa-devel] help fora levelmeter]

2002-10-20 Thread David Gerard Matthews
I seem to remember a few years back - around 1998 or so, if I recall, that Electronic Musician magazine ran an article on Linux. (It was called "The Penguin's Song") I read the article, and even though there didn't seem to be too many useful apps at that point, it got me curious. I started usi