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ok... will have to see how i go... my work has 2 major websites 
launching in the next 2 weeks, and i've got the lovely job of designing 
one and editing the other....

m~

Jan Depner wrote:

>We probably need a reworked or redesigned small logo for JAMin since we
>changed the name from JAM.  If you find the time ;-)
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>Jan
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>On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 08:43, iriXx wrote:
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>>regarding grafiks....
>>
>>this is one area i have always wanted to contribute in... i'm no 
>>programmer, by any means, but want to give something to the community - 
>>i am, however, a professional graphic designer.
>>
>>i've had a few gos but mostly have been limited by time of late... i 
>>still havent forgotten this though and would very much like to help in 
>>graphics development of audio software.
>>
>>just raising my hand...
>>
>>m~ / iriXx
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>>Patrick Shirkey wrote:
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>>>Now that we have firmly established the neccesity of having an 
>>>official group that focuses on the professional representation of the 
>>>Linux Audio community, I'd like to discuss some more points which 
>>>should be added to the resources that are being provided for people to 
>>>take home at the trade show. Also It would also be useful to identify 
>>>some targets we want to promote to.
>>>
>>>Obviously we are already being represented in SoS and other mags have 
>>>started the process of representation too. That's very gratifying for 
>>>the people who have been around for a while doing the hard work.
>>>
>>>
>>>What are the main prejudices towards Libre audio software?
>>>
>>>I can think of a few.
>>>
>>>1. Not cool to look at
>>>2. Too geeky
>>>3. Difficult to use, "Complicated"
>>>4. Unstable
>>>5. Installation is difficult
>>>
>>>
>>>1. We have come a long way recently with the looks of the GUIs. 
>>>Unfortunately not many of us are grafik artists. That makes it hard 
>>>for us to get da funky looks goin on. There have been a few people who 
>>>offered to work on grafiks but so far they are mostly dead air. Still 
>>>we have some great artists out there contributing. gdam, ardour, ssm, 
>>>seq24, Jamin, RTMix, vstserver, hydrogen, MusE, rosegarden, jackeq...
>>>
>>>2. Too geeky. We need more recordings to be released.
>>>
>>>3. Difficult and complicated. Very true. It doesn't bother me, infact 
>>>I think it is good for my DJ persona. (Apparently everyone in Korea 
>>>thinks I play abstract music ;] ) Did anyone complain when they 
>>>couldn't play a Jimi solo the first time they picked up a guitar????
>>>
>>>4. Unstable. Not so bad these days. The team working on JACK has made 
>>>huge steps in this field. I regularly play for many hours at a time 
>>>while DJing. The only thing that stops me is unearthed mains (there 
>>>are a lot of those in Korea :/
>>>
>>>5. Installation: Maybe (for the trade show) we need a really big sign 
>>>with:
>>>       
>>>--------------
>>>        3 steps to Linux audio happiness
>>>
>>>         ./configure;make;make install
>>>
>>>           --- it's that simple! ---
>>>---------------
>>>
>>>Improving the ALSA install would be a big plus too. I've heard of OSS 
>>>being very user friendly a few times in the past year.  The problem 
>>>seems not to be installing ALSA but getting it working after install. 
>>>The install process could provide a flag to write the 
>>>/etc/modules.conf file and the .asoundrc for a start.
>>>
>>>Maybe someone just needs to explain to me what the alsaconf utility 
>>>does so I can write it up :)
>>>
>>><psuedo philosophical>
>>>
>>>This is a very good opportunity to promote and Daniel should be 
>>>commended for doing the hard yakka to set it up. Now we have the 
>>>chance to capitalise on this. If history tells the truth, Messman and 
>>>the Novell corporatists are muscling in to affect the direction. We 
>>>have to dig in even harder now to make sure we don't get washed away 
>>>in the tidal wave.
>>>
>>></phil>
>>>
>>>
>>>Prevention is better than the cure - anon
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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