[linux-audio-dev] Read this after your first cup of coffee

[John Check]

On Friday 20 August 2004 08:13 pm, Fred Gleason wrote:
> On Friday 20 August 2004 16:57, Paul Winkler wrote:
> > I don't believe that to be true. It is certainly a large obstacle, but
> > there is a minority of working professional engineers who hate
> > protools. Some of these folks hate DAWs in general, some of them hate
> > protools in particular.  Many of them make a living working on analog
> > tape. You'll run into them on rec.audio.pro occasionally.
> > I have no idea how many there are.
>
> Let's also not forget that the world of pro audio is larger than just
> Studio Engineers.  I personally know a radio operator/announcer who is

Absolutely. Every area has specific requirements. A fixed installation like
a broadcast studio is for all intents and purposes hardwired. There's also
casinos, office buildings, hotels, theatres. Music production is but a small 
part of the pie.

> totally blind, yet works a full-time airshift on a larger-market station in
> the US. Runs his own board, runs the computers.  Has to, cause it's a solo
> shift.
>
> The market penetration of Protools in the radio broadcast industry is tiny.
> Measureable, but *way* below even 10 percent.  It's just too big and
> complex for what most radio people need, not to mention the expense.  The
> tools of choice in that community right now are CoolEdit/Audition and Vegas
> (although, in the last few months, there's been a noticeable quickening of
> interest in Audacity as well).
>

They still use 8track carts for commercials and bumper music in some markets 
too. FWIW I used to do remotes via dialup codec for a talk radio host out of 
our place until he found a local station with satellite link up.


> I can also confirm that making a facility 'handicapped accessible' is a big
> deal in the US.  I've seen it taken to the point where the local
> authorities have made stations totally redesign studio furniture so as to
> allow wheelchair access to control positions.  It's not an issue we can
> afford to ignore.
>

> Cheers!
>
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