On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com> wrote:
On 1/16/11, Ken Restivo wrote:

>> > Don't forget native Linux VST's, their number is steadily growing also.
>> > I think I have about 60 to 70 of those sitting on my harddrive.
>> > Unfortunately there are very few hosts.
>>
>> The last sentence quite nails it :)
>
> I can't stand the whole idea of closed-source VSTs and plugins and synths.

I do genuinely believe that Autostatic was referring to open sourced VSTs.

> Yeah, I'm one of THOSE guys.
>
> Seriously, I'm using linux becuase of the freedom, the open source, and the
> political aspect of it. That's why I run it. I wouldn't bother with it
> otherwise.

I can't possibly imagine political aspect of writing music. Oh wait,
Peter Gabriel did it with "Biko". Right :)

Hehe!

Why does it always, whatever we're discussing, come back to PG/ Genesis on this list? Very strange! I don't mind coz I'm a huge prog fan and my band have a running gag about Genesis (and the Jesuit Order, who are every bit as good for a gag).

I suppose that the whole PG/Genesis versus the Linux audio world came to a head when PG flew Paul out to have him demonstrate Ardour to him. What song was in your head on the flight over las- do you remember? Watcher of the Skies? I can only presume it wasn't quite what Pete was after at the time otherwise we'd have some marketing machine going right there.

Maybe we should have a separate LAU/LAD for those who prefer Collins Genesis? ;)