On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Niklas Klügel <niklas.kluegel@mytum.de> wrote:

cunnilinux himself schrieb:

>> Some people here (more or less) desperately need a similar application for linux.
>>
>
> off topic, but...
> people in linux audio scene always DESPERATELY need something just
> like a copy of some fancy (commercial) app on win/mac.
> that's the main and only reason why linux is (semi-)deficient in the
> pro audio world.
>
>

just to add my 2 cents...

regarding monolithic vs. modular (across applications):
while the latter (theoretically) allows for more flexibility of
processing, akin to the proven unix-concepts of pipelining (and
therefore the development of something jack-alike for audio/video etc
became an obvious evolution for -primarily- LAU/D), it does not allow
for certain common concepts in the workflow of composition and dsp.
technically - or at least _without hassle_. those include nearly all
operations that:
1a) allow you to temporarily bounce (aka freezing) parts of the signal
chain (tracks, single processed clips, subchannels) - thus saving cpu
cycles in rather complex arrangements.

This could happen if programs could be smart enough not to do audio processing if there is no input signal and programs are able to trace the signal path(s) till it(they) terminate(s) (either has no output connections, makes itself to the system output connections (speakers), or back into the application itself. The application could then connect the terminating output(s) to the program input - do a synchronised record (already possible), close off the signal path for the processing version of the track and playback the recorded audio instead.