[LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

[Florian Paul Schmidt]

On 02/08/2013 10:26 AM, Raffaele Morelli wrote:
> They're part of the tool set. Just like a Windows user might have to 
> learn to do some arcane non-music thing to make it work. A 
> professional learns how to do them. A smart professional learns how to 
> do them in such a way that they don't have to do them again. ;-)
>
> <mildly ironic>...a professional is inside a recording studio or on 
> stage half his life, in the neighbourhood of is amp, guitar on his 
> shoulder, with N pedals at his feet, with N varying from 0 to infinity 
> :-) </mildly ironic>
>
> I believe we are not professionals Dave, we are music lovers and 
> musicians with enough IT skills to love Linux, playing mostly alone or 
> in bands, with ten shows/year (more or less), stucked to this mailing 
> list, occasionally with some music delivered (for free) on the 
> internet, but if we ever have to live 100% with music we would be 
> starved to death :-(
>

Which is true for 99% of musicians using Windows tools (or Mac), too. 
Some article mentioned it (I forgot the source): 'We did not invent the 
term "starving artist" in the second half of the 20th century.'

Regards,
Flo



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Florian Paul Schmidt
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