26 Jan
2004
26 Jan
'04
7:43 p.m.
Dave Phillips wrote:
Which seems to happen 95% of the time for me these days. IMBBiased.
Patrick Shirkey wrote:
You say that now, after years of listening to his work...
3. Difficult and complicated. Very true. It
doesn't bother me, infact
I think it is good for my DJ persona. (Apparently everyone in Korea
thinks I play abstract music ;] ) Did anyone complain when they
couldn't play a Jimi solo the first time they picked up a guitar????
Intereseting analogy, because of course Hendrix introduced no new
technique-having-to-do-with-playing-guitar (it's all blues modes and
very few other scales). He did introduce a lot of
technique-having-to-do-with-USING-the-guitar, most of which was pretty
easily acquired by anyone with the same or approximate gear.
But WRT our beloved Linux audio software: it's
really still a bit of a
problem with Linux generally. I still get a fair amount of mail from
people who are truly confused about ALSA...
Thats a seperate issue which we *should* address very soon.
5.
Installation: Maybe (for the trade show) we need a really big sign
with:
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3 steps to Linux audio happiness
./configure;make;make install
--- it's that simple! ---
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Well, as long as nothing fucks up, I suppose you're right. But of
course, things do fuck up, frequently and opaquely,
Though it is rare to find audio apps that do this nowadays [we should
fix the ones that don't]. We seemed to have learnt that it's better to
make it work from the start... (at least once we tar a package).
and unless you're a
seasoned Linux audio veteran you are likely to be left out in the cold
when it comes to system analysis and fix-it time. I'm not saying any of
that is inherently difficult, only that a procedure utterly unknown to
the user might as well be written in Etruscan Linear B. All of which
argues strongly for the promotion of better turn-key systems a la
PlanetC or AGNULA.
True... #1. What would y'all consider more accesible to an LCD audience?
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3 steps to Linux audio happiness
./configure;make;make install
--- it's that simple! ---
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Install simply and quickly
AGNULA Planet CCRMA
We make it easy for you!
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Maybe both are valid?
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Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd.
Http://www.boosthardware.com
Http://www.djcj.org/LAU/guide/ - The Linux Audio Users guide
Http://www.djcj.org/gigs/ - Gigs guide Korea
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