[linux-audio-dev] Is ladspa actually la-dsp-a? Is JACK the ultimate solution?

[Jan Depner]

On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 04:49, Alfons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 10:06:00AM +0200, Marek Peteraj wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 21:15, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> 
> > > - When I saw the collection of VST plugins that Paul Davis used
> > > to show his VST hosting in Karlsruhe, I asked myself "My god,
> > > do they all look that childish ?".
> > 
> > Ask win32 and mac users how the linux audio UIs look like :)
> 
> Whatever they think about linux audio UIs, that will not change
> my opinion expressed above.
> 
> There are various kinds of users of audio SW; their requirements
> and opinions will vary. In my experience, most serious and
> professional users prefer a UI that is first of all functional,
> with as little clutter as possible, i.e. a UI that is designed
> by people who understand how something works and how it is
> used, rather than by the marketing department. This type of
> user may be a minority, but they are the only ones that really
> matter to me - I am neither a politician nor a salesman, and I
> have no desire to be popular.
> 
> In a more general sense, a majority is not 'right' by itself,
> a majority of informed people probably is. And having paid for
> something does not qualify someone as informed. In other words,
> the consumer is not always right by definition. If he were,
> there would be no place for marketing, which has been defined
> as 'the art of disturbing rational decision making'.
> 
> The audio business is full of hype and irrational behaviour.
> Lots of people seem prepared to pay 5 Eur for a meter of 
> 'directional oxygen free left-twisting copper' loudspeaker
> cable. Should I take their opinion seriously ? I prefer not to.
> 

	<sarcasm>  Didn't you know that the consumer is *always* right.  Now
stop bothering me - I want to go watch my Betamax, but first I have to
do some number crunching on my Windoze system.  </sarcasm>


Jan