On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Emanuel Rumpf wrote: >> I wonder if it's true that it is hard to write a LV2 plugin >> > I don't think so. It depends on where you are coming from. I've certainly heard complaints about that. > IMO, the pro- and non-pro nonsense was introduced, in order to sell > trash to the masses (at a very low price, though). > For software, especially open source, we don't need that distinction, > that's my conviction at least. Pro/non-pro distinction is perfectly justified by targeting at groups of people who have different needs, where customization of UI is likely to be a nightmare for both developers and users (and as such customization is often overrated). >> .. it would we very hard to come up with something >> like Pianoteq as a community and this is true for other stuff. >> > I believe, that everything is possible with open source. > But the community has to be large (maybe larger) > and has to actively (and financially) support the projects of their interest. > My current impression: The LAU and LAD community is *very* active, > but still very small (compared to closed audio world). True. But it's hard to become larger when there are still so many problems with even basic things. >>> I think having good native VST >>> support in common hosts is going to help. >>> > IMO no. We need OOTB, reliable LV2. Let's see. Right here and right now I'm interested in buying Loomer's Aspect synth, but it comes in native VST for Linux only which isn't supported by A3 (yes, I know about Qtractor, and no, I don't use it for reasons too off-topic to mention). Personally, I have no problem with proprietary APIs used by free apps as long as I can use whatever I have. For me music is clearly more important than whatever RMS has to say about freedom. The question is: how can you ensure a developer that releasing LV2 version is going to have a nice ROI? I see two ways: 1) buying specifically native VST to cover porting expenses (and get a free LV2 later), and 2) let developers count the cost and team up with other users to invest into LV2 version. Given the fact that Pianoteq was developed on Linux in the first place, you probably don't have to explain to its core team anything. You only have to somehow make sure ROI happens the way it should. But that's just talking. Let's have impressive hosts first :) Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
