I am always looking for a computer case to fit into my rack, but I never thought to get one that could just sit on top! http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3880195342.html --- Dan Easley <daneasley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2/28/06, Jan Depner <eviltwin69@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > Just use Audacity to do the fades. > > > > ah - right you are - thanks! > > right now i'm using a linux box for > synthesis/effects/looping, and a > windows box for recording/editing/mixing. having > separate machines > for those task groups suits me very fine. i'm > rather proud of my > conservatism in changing audio production systems, > but after three > years lurking this list, a year or so of casually > experimenting with a > linux audio station, and now a month or so of solid > productive use, > i've certainly realized that the windows machine > needs an exorcism. :) > > a year or two ago someone on this list mentioned the > stylistic > limitations imposed on musicians by the software > tools they use. as > though different applications, like instruments, had > specific idioms. > i believe they accused ableton of having a german > techno personality > (no offense to fans of ableton or german techno - > though i'll stick > with can). so, dig this - the reason i'm not > recording/mixing/editing > on a linux box right now is that my current projects > are built on the > stylistic limitations of my windows programs; it's > my impression that > the linux programs have (certainly) different, but > moreso (in my > estimation) LESS limitations than what i've been > using, and so music > composed with them would not fit with what i've > gotten done on the > windows box thus far. > > i'm struck by the irony of my reluctance to move to > a different system > due to its superior quality. it is artistically > self-serving, though > - it encourages me to finish off what's sitting on > the windows box, > and suggests that the stuff i do after that, on a > linux setup, will be > that much better. > > i guess i'm having trouble kicking the monkey off my > back, but i can't > say it's the cure's fault! > > new tools and instruments really make me happy. a > borrowed drumset > and the linuxsampler/freewheeling/jack-rack > combination have kept me > high for months now. > > -- > dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > daneasley@xxxxxxxxx > http://towndowner.com http://burntpossum.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
