28 Nov
2004
28 Nov
'04
3:09 p.m.
Greetings:
Just so this simple equation isn't overlooked:
pro-audio != "high-end $$$ studio owners and operators recording pop
music"
If we take that into consideration, Marek's assertion may well be
correct, there are a lot of people working with pro-quality gear outside
of professional recording studios. I've noticed that pros in the studios
tend to think of themselves as the *only* professionals in the field.
That being said, if we accept the narrower and more commonly
understood meaning of the term "pro-audio" I doubt we'd come up with 50
such users. Frankly, I doubt that there's 20...
Also, I like the suggestion that we should start a dialog with the
AudioScience people.
Best,
dp
Marek Peteraj wrote:
On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 19:28, Chris Metzler wrote:
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:48:05 +0100
Marek Peteraj <marpet(a)naex.sk> wrote:
I meant overall marketshare. There are a lot of audio enthusiasts that
are customers. I don't know how many users use linux audio apps for pro
audio productions (IIRC there were quite a few people on the ardour
mailing list), but this alone isn't the only thing the hw manufacturers
are interested in simply because there aren't as many pro audio studios
out there as there are manufacturers and their product types.
So the target group becomes broader yet undefined even though the
products are aimed for professional usage. I believe that the number of
pro audio hw customers that are also linux user lies somewhere between
500-1000. It's a rough guess and it would be interesting to know more
precisely, because it could be that the linux audio market is already
more interesting than the macosx market becasue of higher number of
enthusiasts willing to pay for pro hardware. It hasn't been measured
yet, and it's similar to overall marketshare where the number could be
higher because it's difficult to measure the number of dualbooters.
Perhaps i'm just being optimistic.
Marek
If MacOSX can have them, so can we, we have a
greater marketshare.
Among pro-audio users? Can you show me the source for this claim?
Thanks in advance.