6 Aug
2009
6 Aug
'09
7:43 a.m.
Paul Davis wrote:
Why do you make this noise?
Why do you make this noise?
This is why I know so many people who never ever will use Linux, because
of noise like yours Paul.
For flame-wars please reply off-list ;). I'll ignore it :).
Ralf
2009/8/5 Grammostola Rosea
<rosea.grammostola(a)gmail.com>om>:
Maybe he just replied to another mail and wanted to point out some
problems that are the cause, that there are so less people using Linux
real-time audio. I guess a developers list isn't a bad place to do it.
I don't have the impression that he wanted to attack you ;).
Linux audio is a total mess... a normal human
being can't work with pro
audio on Linux, unless he/she spent hours and hours to learn the little
tricks or he has an expert available who helps him...
What is the purpose of telling this mailing list this?
I spent 5
hours last week to help somebody to get his (pro) audio
working on Linux... He says to his girlfriend, you better spend a 1000
euro's for such a white macbook, then things just work...
unless of course you need to use an aggregate device and inadvertently
use an app that resets the sample rate and you lose one "side" of the
device (playback or capture). or maybe you just use a mac mini with
the defaults and notice totally crappy sound quality (clicks and ticks
everywhere) that don't go away until you buy a new audio interface or
reboot regularly. or you run the OS X update utility and the new wifi
drivers kill audio latency. or you already have a firewire interface
and you forget to notice that the macbook you just bought doesn't have
firewire anymore. etc. etc. etc.
I don't
know if I can really recommend Linux for pro audio to normal
human beings... at least I should say, you need a lot of time, not easy
give up on things and a lot of patience...
then get off this list and leave us to our playthings. or better yet,
spend time critiquing the current state of the "out of the box"
experience with the people who **actually provide** the out of the
box experience.
I don't
know if there is a connection between LAD and the distro
builders, but it seems there is need for change somewhere...
Kim did the switch (nice article), but he has an other background then
most of the people who works on Desktops and in studios...
Maybe Kim is precisely representative of the sort of the user LAD-ers
are interested in. Maybe not. What purpose does your email serve? Do
you think that anyone on this list is not ACUTELY aware of the
situation you are describing?