[linux-audio-dev] Re: The Image (usablity) problem from a Musicians point of view

[Lea Anthony]

On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 02:23, Paul Davis wrote:
> But there are not very many "pro
> audio" plugins under DirectX - lots of instruments and wierdo
> enthusiast FX, but not the sort of stuff that ProTools, Nuendo and
> Logic users are inclined towards. 

Waaahh!!! I would disagree. The Waves bundles are seriously good and
goes for thousands of dollars. Hardly low end stuff. But I do agree that
there is a lot of what you say. The instruments are DXi though.
 
> the reason mplayer works is either:
> 
>     * they are using wine to help them out
>     * the codecs are free of all MS system calls
> 
> i'd think that the second one was likely. unfortunately for plugins,
> especially DirectX ones that come with a GUI, this is not likely to be
> the case there. plugins are at least an order of magnitude more
> complex than most codec modules.

I never said it would be easy :)

-Lea.