[LAU] Laid to rest is Pro Tools LE"...

[Kim Cascone]

On 03/04/2011 10:30 AM, Thomas Vecchione wrote:
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> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Renato <rennabh at gmail.com 
> <mailto:rennabh at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     but pro level has nothing to do with user friendliness. I mean of
>     course we want the linux audio environment to improve, but that has
>     nothing to do with a pretty DE where you don't need to use the
>     terminal
>     or tweak one or two .conf files
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> Actually I would disagree.  Yes whether a tool can be sued for 
> professional projects is one thing, but the difference is in speed.
this was the main drawback to SynthBuilder which was a product I worked 
with/on while I was Director of Content at Staccato Systems back in the 
late 90's

we tried to interest the game sound community in using SynthBuilder for 
algorithmic event synthesis for use in their games but the UI (which was 
very much like Max/MSP or Pd) was WAY too geek-ware for them. After 
laughing us out of the room we went back to the drawing board and 
designed a dumbed down UI for them to use.

Trust me when I say that in a pro-audio environment Linux command line 
tweaking and chasing down xruns will not fly. Even laptop electronica 
producers and studio owners will shun the command line. Can you imagine 
having a client sitting in the studio watching as an engineer minimizes 
a sudden flock of xruns by dicking around on the command line? Dunno 
about you but if I were a client I'd run, not walk, out of that studio.

>  These days a professional level tool is one that allows you to 
> accomplish your task as quickly as possible with as few distractions 
> as possible.  This is generally also inferred to be user friendliness, 
> but not necessarily, it does however mean that you shouldn't need to 
> spend time doing extra things that could be done for you, like 
> configure your OS just so you can work;)
I watched a product demo of the new version of Ableton Live and Max for 
Live in Barcelona last year and the main emphasis was 'making a tune in 
real-time' & 'not letting the app get in the way of workflow' etc etc. 
These are pro needs in a pro environment that don't apply to sitting in 
a bedroom and uploading your pieces to Soundcloud which allows one to 
tweak around on the command line and groom .conf files.

Other than Mixbus which is an amazing leap forward in light years for 
Linux audio most other apps are NOT ready for a serious pro environment. 
Case in point: Linux Sampler.

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>       Seablade
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> Who has used and continues to use Linux for professional projects.
same here - Ardour and Pd are my weapons of choice as an 
electro-acoustic music composer!