26 Jul
2006
26 Jul
'06
9:01 p.m.
Well, very wise words you say. But, on the other hand, this piece of
hardware is worth 3,000 usd. We have a ton of users to think about. We
must provide compatibility with it's native format.
It would be cool to be able to use all the OpenSource arsenal out there.
But first, we need to clone... at least, that's what they have said (the
users)
Marc-Olivier Barre wrote:
Why? That
makes no sense. Why not just port Linux to it?
Agreed. There are so many embeded linux projects out there, it would
be like writing one's own printf function when there's glibc here to
do the job...
Moreover, it would allow you to take avantage of a lot of
application/file formats/whatever that is working already pretty well
on a linux audio workstation.
Looking at the specs, the MPC 4000 seems like a big pack of knobs,
LCDs, LEDs, and audio circuits. it's up to the OS to do some music
with it. Are you sure you want to go on the crusade of reinventing not
only the wheel, but also the whole stuff around it ?
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