[LAU] An appeal to famous artists?

pshirkey at boosthardware.com pshirkey at boosthardware.com
Thu Aug 4 12:31:44 UTC 2011


> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:27 AM, <pshirkey at boosthardware.com> wrote:
>
>> People are working on the problem though but as time and money are short
>> these days it is not progressing very fast at the moment and in general
>> is
>> low on the list of priorities for most devs who want to scratch their
>> own
>> itch not someone else's.
>>
>
> Which provides features that are very technically advanced & cool, and
> probably don't look like NI's newest synth. I don't see a problem there,
> the
> "problem" arises when somebody who *IS* used to seeing the pretty flashy
> lights & dials looks at it and goes "eww". But if that's the dev's problem
> or the users problem is something I feel is worth discussing.
>
> If the dev is looking for funding from the userbase, its obvious to say
> that
> the dev should work on features that the userbase want. If that's a flashy
> UI to a 3x Osc, lets go do that. There might be far more advanced features
> that the dev is capable of doing, that perhaps only 20% of the users will
> even know about, but that pushes technology to the limit. That's what a
> dev
> wants to work on, because its new, and a challenge, but *not* what users
> will provide funding for. This is not a good trait for the big picture, as
> pushing technology is what the linux audio scene is currently getting
> recognition for.
>
> Another angle to look at this is from "dev talent" vs "challenging work".
> Ie: if a huge talented DSP programmer is to "spend" (read waste) thier
> time
> creating fancy UI's, then "dev-talent" > "challenging work", so the
> productiveness of the whole isn't maximized.
>
> In the same way if "challenging work" > "dev-talent" we have the same
> situation, where productiveness isnt maxed, as the dev will have to read
> docs / tutorials / ask for help. Of course this does lead to learning, and
> after learning understanding & then "dev" > "challenge" again.
>
> Example: I'm comfortable using Cairo, and if somebody hands me a
> Gtk::DrawingArea, I'll throw a Synth UI together without too much pain.
> With
> that in mind, I've never written a LV2 plugin, and for me to write a synth
> engine would be a case of "challenge" > "dev". To get the job done right
> in
> as little time, I'd need to work together with somebody who knows LV2 dsp
> stuff well, but not much Cairo.
>
> I'm interested in opinions from community to see if it is plausible /
> possible / other to collaborate (more than we already are)?
> Cheers, -Harry
>
> PS: I concidered moving to a new topic.. but then thought nah :)


In this regard my "cause" is composite. Which is really attempting to
provide a platform for the kind of work you are interested in. There are
other options too of course.



--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd


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