[linux-audio-user] The BIG picture

[Paul Davis]

On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 21:37 -0500, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> On 12/21/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 19:41 -0500, lanas wrote:
> > > 2) The WHOLE thing
> > >
> > >      That is, to plug in the keyboard in the MIDI port.  To record
> > >      and/or sequence a track or two or three.  To mike the guitar or
> > >      accoustic bass or flute or sax or whatever and add tracks.  To
> > >      have mixing techniques that takes into consideration sound
> > >      characteristics.  To have mixdown techniques that promotes a
> > >      leveled approach to 'sound' mix.
> > >
> >
> > Get a good book on doing this stuff with Pro Tools - the vast majority
> > of the material will be relevant to Ardour.
> 
> I can't speak for either of these programs, but I have not found this
> true with other proprietary-free program combinations.  The majority
> of professionals still use Mac, and expensive software.

curiously, the first of these claims is not true in the broadcast
market, where for some reasons windows seems to have come to dominate.