[LAU] Linux Audio podcast. episode003: commenting replies

[Leonardo Palomares]

Oh my , here I go too...

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:32 AM, J. Liles <malnourite at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Egor Sanin <egor.sanin at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I shall contiribute my voice, too.
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>> On 8/16/13, hermann meyer <brummer- at web.de> wrote:
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>> > Move your ass and work on it to make it better, there is no other way
>> > around. It didn't help to just blame those who do the work, they wasn't
>> > burn as developers, they become developers because they have moved there
>> > asses.
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>> > If you see a other way, let us know.
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>> It is important to note that time is a finite quantity in the physical
>> reality we are all a part of.  This fact limits the amount of "work"
>> any one person can perform.
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>> "Work" can be of different types.  The comment above suggests to me
>> the opinion that the "work" of developers is of higher value because
>> to become a developer one has to "move their ass."  The problem with
>> this statement when talking about audio software is that just having
>> the software is pointless.  The software is made to be used to create
>> music, or at least some sort of audio output.  People producing this
>> output, often called musicians, also need to do a lot of "work."  To
>> be a musician, one must also "move their ass."
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>> The "work" of musicians is different, but no less valuable than the
>> "work" of developers, so let's not get our egos too hot here.  Just
>> because one person does not have enough time to perform developer
>> "work" because most of his time is spent doing musician "work" (please
>> research the amount of music that OP has produced with Linux audio
>> software) is no reason to make him a scapegoat.
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>> And a not on the "goal" of OP's podcasts (I am not speaking for him,
>> rather simply providing my interpretation): a piece of criticism is
>> usually created to generate discussion.  In the most basic form, this
>> is enough of a reason to do something.
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> An interesting point. As a though experiment: pretend you are a musician;
> if someone came to you asking you to rewrite your song to better suit their
> listening needs, how would you respond?
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The list has been since I remember a place to announce audio works, not
only software, and when someone give us links of their work, it happened
often that he got critics from listeners, so he can fix some of his audio
work to that individual ears.

But anyway the audio creator/producer has the last word, like the same on
the side of software givers.

This said with all my respect for audio and software creators.

Leo
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