On 3/12/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 14:15 -0500, Rob wrote: > 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! While I've played around with linux on and off since '97, and lurked on this list for three years before setting up a linux audio workstation, I must admit - use as a live effects processor and synth is what's hooked me. The jack-rack/qsynth/linuxsampler/freewheeling combination is pretty much everything I ever wanted out of a live rack - total cost of a refurb dell laptop, a usb audio interface, and one of those really big behringer footpedals came to about $1100: far, far less than the total cost of the huge bunch of pedals and rackmounted units I'd need to duplicate functionality - indeed, I'm unaware of any hardware units or commercial software that can do what freewheeling can. -- daneasley@xxxxxxxxx dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://towndowner.com http://burntpossum.com
