On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 14:15 -0500, Rob wrote: > And by "composers", of course, you mean "composers who are also > computer programmers". None of the people I know in real life > who compose music are going to be writing Csound, CM or > Supercollider code to do what they want. Hey, that's not fair - Linux is good for audio engineers too ;-) Seriously, you are right, but I think it's only a matter of time before Linux attracts a much wider developer interest - the key is to be able to just boot any Linux CD or install any distro and get superior performance OOTB. I think it will start with people who just want to use their computer as a live effects processor - this is still kind of a pain with Windows, mostly because it's not reliable enough to use on stage! I don't even think running proprietary VST plugins is essential, if I can boot a CD, plug in my guitar and amp and get a nice auto wah, noise gate and some filters with a decent GUI I am all set, I suspect there are lots of people who aren't interested in sequencing or really even in recording and just want to play their instrument and get a crazy sound... Lee
