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

[Paul Davis]

>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.

/h+ on the vst-plugins list (i still don't know his real name but he's
a smart guy) made a very similar observation last month. he noted that
the home user world is dominated by people who didn't pay for the
software, never call support (because they didn't pay) and whose
expectations are not particularly important given their status as
non-paying customers. by contrast, the pro world, which these days
includes things like protools, paris, nuendo, sadie, perhaps logic,
and a few more obscure tools, is made up of paying customers who call
support often, pay a lot and expect a lot.

--p