[linux-audio-user] ANN: JOST, a simple host for native VST

[Lars Luthman]

On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 11:59 -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 17:25 +0100, Ketil Thorgersen wrote:
> 
> > >> It shall be released in March under an open licence. He will build up this 
> > >> small host JOST (Jack hOST) to a instrumentrack with basic sequencer 
> > >> functions. Later he will build up a full sequencer named "Juggler", which 
> > >> should be near to the commercial Tracktion. (JUCE is the framework behind 
> > >> Tracktion1)
> 
> > This seem to me a very strange post! Why this frustration! Here this guy 
> > is actually trying to improve what he (and probably others) figures is a 
> > problem within the world of linux. So he begins to write a program to 
> > fix it instead of moaning about it. And then he announces it - only to 
> > get bashed by one of the key figures in the linux audio world. Strange!
> 
> what is the number one issue facing pro-audio/music-oriented linux audio
> right now, other than the need for every single possible hardware
> interface to work? *developers*. there isn't a single project that
> couldn't use a at least a few more developers. every single project:
> Rosegarden, MuSE, Lilypond, Aldrin, Ardour, JACK, Seq24, Ingen,
> Hydrogen, even ALSA itself, plus many more fine efforts that i've failed
> to name. they all need people to add new functionality, to fix bugs, to
> grow, scale, handle new goals and more.

By that reasoning the logical thing to do would be to merge Rosegarden,
MuSE, and Ardour, Aldrin and Beast/BSE, Zyn and WhySynth etc etc. While
it may be more efficient in the short term, I think that having lots of
choices is good in the long term. The more choices the better.


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