12 Mar
2006
12 Mar
'06
1:28 a.m.
On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 14:15 -0500, Rob wrote:
And by "composers", of course, you mean
"composers who are also
computer programmers". None of the people I know in real life
who compose music are going to be writing Csound, CM or
Supercollider code to do what they want.
Hey, that's not fair - Linux is good for audio engineers too ;-)
Seriously, you are right, but I think it's only a matter of time before
Linux attracts a much wider developer interest - the key is to be able
to just boot any Linux CD or install any distro and get superior
performance OOTB.
I think it will start with people who just want to use their computer as
a live effects processor - this is still kind of a pain with Windows,
mostly because it's not reliable enough to use on stage!
I don't even think running proprietary VST plugins is essential, if I
can boot a CD, plug in my guitar and amp and get a nice auto wah, noise
gate and some filters with a decent GUI I am all set, I suspect there
are lots of people who aren't interested in sequencing or really even in
recording and just want to play their instrument and get a crazy
sound...
Lee