On 10/23/05, Ken <renueden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > seems a little emvarrissing that all the talented linux programmers are > concentrating their efforts on running M$ based plugins. should be a > slew of dssi's by now, or maybe a reaktor killer... > Personally I don't see it this way at all, at least form a user's point of view. I write music. I want sounds. I use whatever tools are available to me to do it. If I have Reaktor, which I do, but I don't want to run it on Win XP for either stability or licensing reasons, then running it Linux is a sensible thing to look into. When Dave, myself and others discuss this topic I don't think that any of us are speaking as developers. I'm certainly not one. If the folks writing Wine are doing the tasks they want to accomplish then we are doing them a service in testing Wine. (Whether through xfst or Wine/Savihost/etc.) I am served if I can run Reaktor. I have little patience for the idea of *waiting* for first 'a Reaktor Killer' and then later a set of instruments programmed into that killer that allow me the breadth and depth of sound I get from Reaktor today. I'll be happy to use them if and when they appear. A very good example (IMO) is ZynAddSubFx. Good synth. Very usable. Very limited preprogrammed libray of sounds for a casual user to start with. Compared to Reaktor Session, where you start with 100's of interesting preprogrammed sounds for the cost of $200 I saved at least weeks of time, most probably months of time over the last few years. Just my 2.5 cents, Mark
