10 Feb
2013
10 Feb
'13
10:52 p.m.
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com>wrote;wrote:
Greetings,
I've spent this morning reading through the ~200 replies to the topic. IMO
the thread has devolved gracefully and I have the information I was looking
for.
I'll make a fuller reply after I get into my article, but it's clear that
the most pressing need is for more skilled developers. This is in stark
contrast to the scene in 2000 - at that time virtually every member of
LAU/LAD was a developer and/or technically involved user. Few of us were
"just musicians". Now it looks like the musicians outnumber the devs, a not
entirely unhappy situation, despite evident problems rising from the
imbalance.
It would be great if we could get more students involved in linux audio. 8
years ago, I picked up linux in order to program some DSP audio code that I
was thinking about. It really lowered the barrier of entry into audio
programming. I think more engineering students could get involved, knowing
some of the things you can do with linux.
My university didn't have an audio program--there were maybe just a few
engineers I knew that were strongly inclined to work on audio or
acoustics. There is a lack of collaboration between engineering and
art/music students here and very little direction from professors
concerning art and technology--but I see some of that beginning to change.
I think that linux is much more well known and it's easier than ever to get
started. So--might I suggest to do something more for student outreach?
What do you think would make a difference?
Chuck