Hi all, I have been asked to give a mini-seminar and live demonstration later this year on Ardour and Linux audio applications to the audio engineering students at the university that I work for. I plan to do a general overview of Linux with some diagrams and web links for further reading, some info about applications available, and supported hardware. Next, I will give a live demo of a session in the recording studio at the university. I'll bring in my computer, and set it up next to the ProTools machine that they are used to using, connect it to the projector so they all can see what I'm doing, and basically do a simple recording and mixing session with Ardour. The point is these students work with nice, expensive hardware and ProTools on a nice fast Macintosh computer in the studio, but when the class ends, many will want to continue their work in the home studio environment, and the director there wants me to present Linux as an affordable and stable alternative for pro audio work (as opposed to students having to buy ProTools, Sonar, Reason, or whatever) to get some decent work done. I plan on having someone videorecord the presentation and demo, and if it comes out any good, I'll make up DVD's and distribute them to whomever wants one for the cost of the media and shipping. Any ideas on stuff to include, or how to make this a killer presentation? BTW, sorry to cross-post, but I felt that this pertained to both the Ardour group and the LAU folks (many who are on both lists). I'm just overjoyed that I will get to show this stuff and hopefully convert a few users :) I'm also thinking about burning off a bunch of copies of the various audio-focused distros to hand out at the seminar. Jon M.
