[linux-audio-dev] [OT] marketing hype

Tim Orford tim at orford.org
Fri Jun 11 14:03:12 UTC 2004


On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 07:15:24AM -0500, Jan Depner wrote:
> 	I am recording/mixing originals alone and with my band(s) using Ardour,
> effects from LADSPA (SWH and TAP for the most part), mastering with
> JAMin, final clip with Audacity, and burning CDs with XCDRoast.  I don't
> do MIDI or synths, I use guitars, harmonicas, bass, percussion, real
> drums or loops, bass, and keys when I can find someone that will lay
> down tracks ;-)  I don't know what the state of the MIDI apps is at this
> point but Ardour and JAMin are usable.

yeh you guys are lucky, not only do you get to work with real
instruments but your software requirements are much more easily satisfied:-)


> that the only people who work on open source projects are kids in
> college and weekend warriors?  The things that I don't understand (like
> DSP :) are covered by other "bedroom hackers" like Paul Davis, Steve
> Harris, Jack O'Quin, Taybin Rutkin, Jesse Chappell, Andrew Morton, Linus
> Torvalds...  ;-)

these guys may be "bedroom hackers", but they are not 'merely' such:-)


regards
-- 
Tim Orford



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