On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:22:38 +0800 Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2010-07-11 at 15:42 +0200, Atte André Jensen wrote: > > On 2010-07-11 13:51, Andrew C wrote: > > > Heck, even > > > Mac OS X has more in common with linux than windows does, and I'm not > > > seeing people going 'Why can't I run Ableton on this Mac? Ugh it sucks > > > big time, I won't bother with it!'. > > > > First: I only run linux, never tried Ableton Live, but would like to. > > > > To answer (or comment) what you wrote there: > > > > 1) If you need ableton live, you need ableton live, and if it won't work > > on OS-however-nice it stops right there, at least for some people. > > Yes, if you're used to (and have spent hours learning) an app that does > all you want, why would you want to learn another one, with a different > design philosophy and different (maybe inferior) feature-set? > > Most people have ROI on their minds. If spending all this time learning > Linux and this new app is just going to bring me to the same level of > functionality that I already have, why bother? But that frame of mind is a trap (one I've fallen into myself a few times) especially for anyone with claims of creativity. The very fact of trying something different and working in a way that is not familiar and 'automatic' can dramatically expand your capabilities. Does what I want (why should I change?) 1991 SY22 1991 Acorn Risc PC as a sequencer 1992 Sound Canvas 1995 QS300 2002 PC running linux as a sequencer 2006 ZynAddSubFX (major wake-up) I do try other software and hardware stuff from time to time, to make sure I don't get complacent again, if for no other reason! Oh, and recently I've gone back to guitar playing after a 35 year break - my poor fingers :o -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
