> > I believe the primary reasons more musicians don't > use Linux have to do > > with at least these conditions: > > > > 1. The perpetuation of outmoded perceptions re: > usability and interfaces. > > 2. The lack of wide hardware manufacturer > support. > > 3. The reticence of the major music journals to > cover the growing > > Linux audio scene. > > 4. The lack of serious attention given Linux > audio from within the > > larger Linux community itself. > > 5. No-one has released a hit created with Linux > audio tools. Linux Audio is a new player and you don't emerge from the womb to begin dragging down full blown caribou. The proliferation of Linux Audio will excelerate when our tools can make someone money. Then increased hardware support and media attention will follow. The announcements haven't been made but it has begun. We will surf the consumer impulse soon enough. I foresee penguins dancing in unisyn at the half time of Super Bowl XXV and riding surf boards on those tsunami waves off Hawaii. > While I agree with points 1-4, I think there needs > to be a bit of > clarification added to point #5. Mirror Image and Steep Rock demonstrate legitimacy for Linux audio but give this crowd an inch and they want a mile--number one hit on the pop charts. :) It's my fantasy to produce a grammy winner because I need to release my pre,postmortem grammy acceptance speech. You know how it is when you have your legs crossed and are jumping up and down 'cause ya gotta pee. > Hundreds (probably more like thousands) of > commercial releases involve > GNU/Linux audio tools. I know this because I have > contributed dozens myself > (national television and radio spots, theatrical > scores, commercial CD > releases etc.). I've been resting on my laurels for the last year but even at that things are picking up. I'll do three substantial independent films this winter. And there's some players involved in this years projects. And in the back of my studio is an old storage room that's been converted into "The Dungeon". It is occupied by an electrical engineer, a software engineer/business man and my dumb ass. We are preparing to submit our second order PC boards. We are not alone. And we probably are the smallest active concern that I'm aware of. ron But how would anyone know which > tools I've used? > > There also needs to be clarification regarding music > produced for commercial > purposes and music created for other reasons. > > Generally speaking, the majority of commercially > available music software is > designed for the quick and easy production of > popular music. By definition > this means that the software is created in such a > way that important musical > decisions have been pre-made for the user. Most of > the time, the user isn't > even aware that this is happening - if the option is > never presented to you > how can you miss it? > > Having said that, there is a definite advantage to > this approach. Commercially > produced software is usually optimized for a few > specific tasks, and it can > manage those tasks with relative ease. As with most > commercial enterprises, > time is money and there is great value to having > tools like this. > > What can we do to promote the use of Linux audio > tools? We can take advantage > of the unique and "unusual" ways of producing music > that the GNU/Linux > environment provides. Don't come to FOSS looking > for a Cubase clone - Cubase > already exists - and works reasonably well. > > Build a better musical product - and people will > want to know, "How'd you do > that?" > > > Perhaps you should look into the latest > development in Csound5, Common > > Music, and Pd ? > > Amen. ;-) > > Greg > www.steeprockmedia.com > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
