Hi, this is my first post to the mailing list. So bare with me for a short introduction. When I discovered Ubuntu Studio some years ago I only had access to a very old pc and a quite old laptop. However I was able to record some songs on it, but mixing was a nightmare since the computers were too old. Then I upgraded to a Sony Vaio after much research about Vaio and Ubuntu. However, there were issues between jack, my audio card and how the Sony Vaio use USB. The result was that I could only record in 16 bit, 44.1 kHz. Which was worse than I had before on my old computers, 24 bit and 48 kHz.. So I reverted to Windows for my audio recordings and tried out every new release of Ubuntu Studio until finally everything just worked in 12.04. At last, I could actually do all my recordings, mixing and mastering in US. But by then I was about to have my first child and the time for recording somehow disappeared...
> Anyway: any person, that uses Win or Mac for that that tries US and is > encountering this problem will switch back and maybe consider using > Linux next year or never.... Which was just what I did. I was persistent to try out every new release until my equipment finally worked. By now it's outdated, oh well, but that's another issue. > Do you have a statistic on how many people out there use US for > music-production? This would be interesting. From reading the Ubuntu Forums there seem to be at least some using it in their professional studios. I do music recordings, but the degree of "professionalism" could be argued. On the other hand, with the DIY revolution in the music industry many could be labelled professional. > First of all, Ubuntu Studio is not a pro audio distribution. It's for > all multimedia content creation. I have always considered US as a pro audio distribution, why not? Real time/low latency kernel and all... I see now that site actually states "multimedia" in several places. But if I wouldn't use US for pro audio, what should I use instead? Back to Windows or Mac? Further, what defines "pro audio"? Probably in the music industry ProTools on Mac and so on will continue to be leading, but for a home studio or in the early stages studio I think Ubuntu Studio could be a choice to consider. And more with the right marketing and support. Mind you, being an audio engineer and musician I'm mostly thinking about the audio parts of the distribution. (Though I happily use Gimp and Kdenlive). > Getting audio working for audio production, with some bloated desktop > environments is not very useful. I couldn't agree more. I like when my desktop looks nice but when I'm about to record, cut a video or handle large graphics my main concern is performance. I was quite happy when US changed to Xfce. I think it's the right way to go. I actually changed my other workstations to Xfce as well after that. If you want Unity or other you can always use standard Ubuntu and add the audio, video and/or graphic tools you need. Make Ubuntu Studio a bit special for the creative people. But: > We don't know how long into the future the xfce platform will best suit our needs (very little warning was given during the > gnome/unity move that prompted our switch to xfce in the first place), and the lack of DE-specific code the easier it will be for those > of us who love a different DE to just switch. Which also makes sense. > Please remember > that the team is only a handful of people, and constructive help in most > cases is actually doing things yourself. > > I'm currently trying to get more people involved, and we have gotten > some responses. Many people come by, but getting really dedicated people > doesn't happen every day, and most people simply don't have the time for > it. Not being able to code I don't know how to contribute even though I really would like to? Other than participating in the mailing list that is. Kind regards Jimmy
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