Re: [LAU] LV2, DSSI and the future of plugins

Hey, Hartmut! "While I do not remember the words exactly by now I am absolutely positive about the term "electronic music" in that book." These are just terms. As pointed out in the article: "Since words "acoustic" and "electronic" are very broad, I am offering a definition of what I mean in the context of my Linux Audio articles." Obviously, I am not giving general definitions of acoustic and electronic music. Within my definitions Led Zeppelin are definitely acoustic. "So while you say: "a better delay for Linux is a must-have!" I tend to say such a plugin would be a nice-to-have." So this is exactly my point. In my line of work a good delay is one of the must haves, just as a good reverb. In your line of work it is just a nice to have. This is exactly what I am saying. In a lot of electronic music time effects such as delay and reverb are essential. And this is why many DAWs have them by default and they are usually very well built. Take a look at FL Studio and their Fruity Delay 2, Fruity Delay Bank and Fruity Reeverb. This is really good stuff that comes by default. "But there is a difference between inconvenient and impossible." I also thought that there is. However, my experience shows that if something is very inconvenient, you can do it one time, maybe two times, then you understand that it is too much work to set up. A good example would be my modular experience, which I did praise in this article ( http://www.louigiverona.ru/?page=projects&s=writings&t=linux&a=…)inux_modexp), but which is such a fundamental experience, that I really have to dive into it for the whole day in order to get even simple things done. Truth is, I do not have the time for this as music is not my job and I cannot spend hours just to synchronize several drum lines and find workarounds for various bugs. So in a practical sense, the difference between inconvenient and impossible is not that big. Also, remember that this is not the 80s and not the 90s where you had what you had - today you know that your friend, using Windows, can accomplish what you work on for hours in several minutes time and it might even sound better. ;) -- Louigi Verona http://www.louigiverona.ru/