[linux-audio-user] MDK sound-RPMs troubles / Sound in Slackware?

[Matthew Yee-King]

On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 09:56:11AM +0100, Daniel James wrote:
> >  you're welcome to come to my gig with 'a guy called gerald' on
> > april 25th in london
> 
> What's the venue and time?
> 
> For those of you not familiar with Gerald's work, he is a true innovator - and 
> a technology fiend too! In the UK he is best known as a pioneer of acid 
> house, which kicked off the whole 'rave' thing.
> 
> > and listen to my alsa cvs sound drivers running
> > alongside my patched kernel.
> 
> In my generalisation, I didn't mean that there are zero musicians with the 
> necessary code skills. But consider my proposition in terms of sets - out of 
> all the musicans in the world, only a subset have access to electricity. A 
> subset of those have access to a computer. A subset of those run Linux. And a 
> final subset have the advanced system configuration knowledge required to 
> build and maintain the kernel, jack, applications etc. Out of that relatively 
> very small group, some of the members would prefer to practise their 
> instrument or mix their album than tinker with software.
> 
> In my own case, I have compiled kernels in the past, and got jack running from 
> scratch, but with ready-made RPMs I can avoid duplicating effort and get on 
> with creative work. Thanks to people like Thac and Austin I can now start 
> editing the 40+ tracks we've recorded with the minimum of hassle.


fair enough. I just couldn't resist responding to the 'show me a 
musician who compiles kernels etc' sentence becaouse i could prove 
exactly the opposite to be true. 

I'm basically bitter because i'm on a powerpc so i can't get planet 
rpms. ;)


venue is 93 feet east, 
http://www.93feeteast.co.uk/

the night is called Eat Your Own Ears. The time is normal club times i 
think.

cheers

matthew