Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: "Music" made with Linux!

On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 18:45 +0300, Juhana Sadeharju wrote: Why I _should_ do that? First off, Paul is better than me at improving his own creation. Second, I hope you're not suggesting that any single synth is the one-size-fits-all answer to all musicians' needs. There is such a thing as a synth's personality, which is important for those who actually make music. Plus, a synth that tries to do everything becomes rapidly very hard to use. Third, there's this religious war between software and hardware synths. My personal view is that hardware synths are much easier to use, but I wouldn't rule out using a softsynth with a dedicated hardware interface (pretty much like a hardsynth but moving the synth engine into the computer). Zyn is a softsynth and therefore shares some shortcomings with all other softsynths. I don't see any dedicated hardware interface being designed for it any time soon, what with market share, and what with it being open source and all that. Fourth, I actually volunteered some suggestions to Paul, about a year ago or so, based on my experience with Alesis Ion. But that's just because Ion and Zyn share similar architectural concepts. What you're saying is essentially a re-hash of the old theme "this is the Linux Revolution, let's take over the world, join us or prepare for combat." Please, let's stay rational. Or better yet, contribute code instead of cranking out propaganda. -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/