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

[Steve Harris]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 04:49:43 +0100, Richard Bown wrote:
> We launched RG from a desktop icon all last week.  It now has 
> Logic-style status messages on the splash screen while you're waiting 
> for it to start and (while they can be a little naff) touches like that 
> are give it a professional air if nothing else.  I was also showing off 

No, I agree. You're talking to the guy who spend an evening drawing cheezy
moving-needle meters in gimp ;)

> plugin and adding a drum track etc.and then burning it onto CD.  The 
> average person with money to spend on music tech doesn't really want to 
> do too much more than that.  In fact if they can get that far then 
> they're really chuffed.

Maybe, but the people I'm thinking of are looking for a replacement for
thier protools+logic systems, not cubase or cakewalk.

Home users are important too, but...

> It's probably up to the bread and butter products to drive the bespoke, 
> studio-end products.  The complete, finished solution that does both 
> ends sufficiently well will take a while to arrive (ardour releasing 

I'm not sure it ever will. I dont think theres that much overlap between
protools and cubase.

- Steve