On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 20:32 +0000, Tim Orford wrote: > Is Eugenia a troll? Sure. I think she's right in this case, > but that's no bad thing. I got a bit disturbed after reading > her "wake-up call", but after some reflection, I feel > positive. Know your strengths! > > Audio is a another matter, but that's a different discussion > altogether:-) Yes, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones! I bought my first midi keyboard last week (a CME UF5), and it's great fun with the Reason demo in Windows. But I've spent hours and hours messing with about 4 different synths under Linux and each one failed (in a different way, of course!). That is absolutely ridiculous. It would also be nice if the LAD community could agree on an ideal audio architecture for the desktop. Otherwise GNOME & KDE may switch to new sound servers which still don't support pro-audio apps. What would be the ideal? o gstreamer/phonon -> sound server (e.g. pulseaudio) -> jack -> alsa? o merge jack code into pulseaudio? o Define an API for pro-audio apps to switch audio output to jack temporarily? (if jack isn't suited to running constantly) o something else? Damon
