Re: [LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

Am 06.02.2013 15:32, schrieb cunnilinux himself: Maybe, but statistics do not say much about results here. As of now we have an album going top-10 here in Germany that was recorded using an 8-track tape recorder and not a single digital plug-in involved. OK, its not electronic music but guitar-rock but you may agree, that 99% of guitar-rock albums nowadays are in fact produced using a computer running one of the usual brands of DAWs for Mac or Windows right? And there is only 1 % of any music produced going top-10 and not much more is worthwhile listening to(and in most cases the 1% top-10 is not the same as the 1% worthwhile...). In my humble opinion any method capable of producing interesting music is good enough. If an 8-track tape recorder is capable to produce an album that is both top-10 *and* worth the time listening to it, then Ardour + Linux + native plug-ins should be capable to produce even a wider range of interesting music, is it not? But anyway I think we should stop preaching the obvious to the statistic average and just try to inform *musicians* that are searching for new methods to produce outstanding art about the fact, that a Linux-system could be the very method they are searching for. And being different while still reaching for industry-standards in quality could be wise to attract such searchers. Linux audio systems are not recognized on the market because there is no company that takes a few dozen millions to push it in the market. So is desktop-linux and tablet-linux and smartphone-linux. All of this works just great, often better that the competition from Apple or Microsoft but free software systems *do not compete*, because competition means grabbing the market by means of dollars, billions of them. Apple invests more money in the poster-ads shown in the streets of one major city than the Linux Audio Users invest in the programming of Ardour in a year. Making the better product is just the first step and not the most important. And there is no such thing as a "free market", markets are ruled by companies holding market shares by means of marketing. What about that: who says, that there is not a young girl in the highlands of Kenia, that runs a Marathon faster than anyone ever enlisted for the Olympics? But she cannot enlist, because she does not have a sponsor covering the costs.... That will be it. I keep using the software I know working for me just great and everybody who asks me will get recommendation, fair warnings and advice. But I do not complain anymore, that most people out there go with the market. best regards HZN