<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com">alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 1/16/11, Ken Restivo wrote:<br>
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>> > Don't forget native Linux VST's, their number is steadily growing also.<br>
>> > I think I have about 60 to 70 of those sitting on my harddrive.<br>
>> > Unfortunately there are very few hosts.<br>
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>> The last sentence quite nails it :)<br>
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> I can't stand the whole idea of closed-source VSTs and plugins and synths.<br>
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</div>I do genuinely believe that Autostatic was referring to open sourced VSTs.<br>
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> Yeah, I'm one of THOSE guys.<br>
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> Seriously, I'm using linux becuase of the freedom, the open source, and the<br>
> political aspect of it. That's why I run it. I wouldn't bother with it<br>
> otherwise.<br>
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</div>I can't possibly imagine political aspect of writing music. Oh wait,<br>
Peter Gabriel did it with "Biko". Right :)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hehe!</div><div><br></div><div>Why does it always, whatever we're discussing, come back to PG/ Genesis on this list? Very strange! I don't mind coz I'm a huge prog fan and my band have a running gag about Genesis (and the Jesuit Order, who are every bit as good for a gag).</div>
<div><br></div><div>I suppose that the whole PG/Genesis versus the Linux audio world came to a head when PG flew Paul out to have him demonstrate Ardour to him. What song was in your head on the flight over las- do you remember? Watcher of the Skies? I can only presume it wasn't quite what Pete was after at the time otherwise we'd have some marketing machine going right there.</div>
</div><br><div>Maybe we should have a separate LAU/LAD for those who prefer Collins Genesis? ;)</div>