5 Aug
2009
5 Aug
'09
2:06 p.m.
Betreff: Re: [LAU] Kim did the switch to Linux
Gesendet: Mi, 05. Aug 2009
Von: Paul Davis<paul(a)linuxaudiosystems.com>
Yes, thats very nice, thanks Jesse! I recognized SL with Linux as the best Looper i've
ever seen and on OS X I used the AU plugin version until Live8. But the Live8 looper is
much better integrated (drag n drop audioloops into the sequencer, more tight etc) and so
the workflow is much easier for a stupid artist like me, so SL is not in use anymore...
But I still recommend SL to everybody who like to "do the looper."
regards,
Michael
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On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Michael
Bohle<opendaw(a)jacklab.org> wrote:
Control what? The source code of an application? Or the kernel? I have very limited skills
in programming languages - I'm just an old school music artist and multimedia
designer. On OS X I have full control over my personal creative workflow. But Linux was
controlling me in a way that I have to take care of lot admin tasks and bugs. Yes the bugs
and workarounds on Linux controlling me and I'm to stupid to fix them all plus write
my dream apps. I'm one of the guys, going into a music store and buy a guitar and not
one of the guy who'd like to build a own. My handcraft is music, not wood.
But for code-developers Linux is a very good and productive playground, because they have
full control.
Nice article. But colored by ideology.
Nice comments. But colored by workflow choices and a preference for
simplicity over control. -I'm more productive with a Mac environment
The best reason you've cited, I think.
Sooperlooper is an good example: first made for
Linux, then ported to OS X
and now the "mainstream-Daws" Live and Logic
have loopers as new features in
their latest versions.
Which once again reinforces the same sales/marketing approach that the
entire audio tech industry offers beginners or relatively new users in
every field: "we'll make it simpler for you". Its a noble sentiment,
and would be a fine one if they actually lived up to the real desire
of users: "make it simpler without taking away any power, control or
options". In the real world, we know that this is not possible. And so
people buy integrated control surfaces/computer audio interfaces
("because its simpler") and then later find that they love the control
surface but need more channels/better quality/lower latency on the
audio interface side and they can't trivially upgrade just one
component without wasting money. Or they buy a DAW with its builtin
live-looper ("because i don't have to be a computer geek to get it
setup") but then discover that when they want to run the live looper
standalone they can't (or something else isn't quite what they needed)
and so they have to still get a standalone live looper anyway.
Thankfully sooperlooper is available at no cost. Isn't that nice of
Jesse?