-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 +1 to this report. The booth looked great, the music gear was very attractive (as well as the 3D printer, thus "Most Interesting"). I learned some stuff, too. Thanks Brian! On 02/25/2014 11:06 AM, Brian Monroe wrote: > Hey guys, I was at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) this > weekend to work the Fedora booth. Just wanted to let you all know > that I brought a laptop with the spin installed on it, set it up > with a Fast Track Pro, mic, keyboard, keyboard stand, and a > guitar. > > I was running Ardour, Hydrogen, Guitarix, and Qsynth, > > I had done a cover song in Ardour/Hydrogen, and was ready to help > people start adding to it/messing with it. > > Surprising to me, not that many people really cared about the > recording but a TON of people were shocked by the guitar/effects > and wanted to play. At times it drew a fairly large crowd and > started a ton of conversations that we wouldn't have had at the > booth without it. > > We actually won the "Most Interesting Booth" award from SCaLE. > > Some interesting things I took away from conversations with people > who stopped by: > > 1) Several Asked if there was a group install (so like +5 on that > idea) > > 2) Many of these people weren't real linux users and asked if there > were specific instructions on how to set it up. Two of these asked > if there was a youtube video showing how to do it, which I think is > a great idea, and I'll do if no one else wants to pick it up. > > 3) Two people asked if there was any music that was recorded with > Jam, I didn't know of any, and I can't think of anyone who has. > Anyone have any input on this? > > 5) Several people were asking for Ableton-like programs and I > didn't know of any that were on the spin. > > 4) What do you guys think about a Fedora Activity Day where we can > maybe do a joint effort for a group recording project? Not quite > sure how that would look, but I think it's doable. > > > There are a few other easy fixes for us to change on the spin, but > I'll address those later. Great job guys! > > > I wish I had remembered to take pictures of the rig, but I didn't. > I'll look for a few and see if I can get one. > > > > _______________________________________________ music mailing list > music@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/music > - -- Karsten 'quaid' Wade .^\ CentOS Doer of Stuff http://TheOpenSourceWay.org \ http://community.redhat.com @quaid (identi.ca/twitter/IRC) \v' gpg: AD0E0C41 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlMNFYYACgkQ2ZIOBq0ODEHRMwCaA4qHZKoCE5BoBRbNGXjs3HBo /0UAoMh2vw50RpjqspUDv9uNeE8h1EQP =AwUD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ music mailing list music@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/music
