I'm
writing, because I think, that with one of your points you are wrong.
You said, that ecasound and cecilia (and perhaps you also meant fluidsynth,
csound...) aren't really interesting to pros. They are SO DAMN Important to a
few users (pros and nonpros) and they are specific to linux in their design).
with much respect to julien, and much affection towards ardour/ksi, i
would point out that its essentially impossible to become a
professional audio engineer if you are sight-impaired precisely
because you cannot use protools. catch-22 situation, really.
erm... actually they can: