Hi, --- Frank Barknecht <fbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hallo, > Jan Depner hat gesagt: // Jan Depner wrote: > > > That's why it's called TapeOp (the guy that runs > the analog tape machine > > in the recording/mastering studio). It's not > about all pro audio, > > mostly just recording and mastering. > > Yeah, no problem with that. My rant that pro audio > not equals > recording was more trying to get this fact > remembered. There is existing nomenclature and the phrase "pro audio" defines audio engineering, sound design, etc. To confuse matters, the term "pro" is used to imply something about quality of product and subsequently becomes used as a qualifier to describe many things. In my opinion audio engineering is the discipline of processing sound to create a desired end product which isn't always musical. I would suggest that using synthesis tools is foremost an act of sound design. That is to create or manufacture sounds. The discipline is distinct from audio engineering. Identifying or acknowleding a distinction between these two disciplines leaves the misuse of the term "pro" but addressing that problem is almost a distraction from what Frank is expressing: I sometimes > fear, that people like me, who almost never use > Ardour, might feel > shut out of the "pro audio" realm, just because we > don't record and > master anything. When I think of synthesis and sound design in Linux Audio the person that comes to my mind is Frank Barknecht. I don't really know what Frank does with his "sounds" but I know some of his work is musical and consequently requires audio engineering. I'm trying to be diplomatic by acknowleding distincts between equally important disciplines but I'm just a dipshit. We have so many challanges in defining nomenclature and using language that it's almost impossible to satisfy all the equally important interests. I am hesitant to send this response because my definitions are wrought with inaccuracies but I'm going to because I want sound designers, musicians, application programmers and everyone else to know that I love what each of us does. The importance of each discipline is not lost on me and if it is, I am an uninspired dullard. I really need to shutup and play the drums. You know how you can tell if the stage isn't level? The drummer will drool more from one side of his mouth than the other. Why did I just hurt myself? ron > Ciao > -- > Frank Barknecht _ > ______footils.org__ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
