linuxmedia4(a)netscape.net wrote: [re: Linux Music and Sound - http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm Version 2 is in progress, but don't count on seeing it until after next summer. The next edition will be almost a complete rewrite. Happily, for some stuff the answer is yes. For other things, glaringly not. If you think things in the Linux audio world aren't very clearly defined now, you should have been here in 1999. ;) Some of today's most interesting projects (Ardour, LADSPA, JACK, low-latency kernel, etc.) were either non-existent or had only just got started. My most painful omissions were ecasound, Lilypond, and Pd, but rest assured, they'll be covered in the next book. I'd say the software synthesis chapter is still useful, ditto for the introductory material for terminatorX, Mix, Ceres, Cecilia, and some others. The book is very weak with regard to technical aspects of ALSA, nor does it offer much to the would-be developer. I hope to change that aspect in v. 2.0. I suppose a lot of the material is most useful as starting points, bearing in mind that the situation has changed significantly since I wrote that book. YMMV, of course, but feel free to write to me directly if you have questions about anything you find there. Btw, it might interest some of you to note that the book had an initial pressing of 5000 copies (IIRC). A few months ago my publicist at No Starch notified me that the first edition was almost sold out. So the book took almost two years to sell out its first run: those figures might give some notion of what sort of base numbers we're looking at when we start discussing the possible extent of the Linux audio community. I should also mention that it is available in Italian and Hungarian translations. The next edition will likely be available in French and German too. Best regards, == Dave Phillips The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org

linuxmedia4(a)netscape.net wrote: The info is relevant although Dave is working on the second edition as we speak which should be published sometime next year. -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. For the discerning hardware connoisseur Http://www.boosthardware.com Http://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide ======================================== Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No! We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything I've ever done. Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002 The Scotsman