Rob wrote:
On Wednesday 03 August 2011 06:16, sim a wrote:
funnily enough the one linux music making package i think that fulfills
the all-in-one program criteria is probably the one least mentioned and
least liked by the linux audio community, LMMS. i reckon you could get
quite a few people used to using windows music programs and they would
get on with LMMS.
...
I assume the reason LMMS the black sheep of the Linux audio scene is
because of its history of glitchy JACK support. Not wanting to do anything
in real time that I don't have to, that's not a problem for me personally.
The last thing I want to do is have a program complain about xruns (or
worse, generate dropouts in my audio) because I chained more effects than
my small, energy-efficient computer could handle in real time. For me, the
"everything in real time" JACK way of doing things is limiting, not
liberating.
LMMS is neither the "least-liked" nor a "black sheep" here. There's a
lot to like about the program, and it has a significant number of Linux
users.
Btw, IMO Louigi Verona's music ought to be promoted to the front of the
advertising for LMMS. His stuff did the most to convince me of the
program's capabilities, and it remains the best music made with LMMS
that I've heard yet.
And yes, without JACK support it doesn't fit in with my workflow but
that's only an issue for me. Obviously plenty of other users are quite
happy without JACK support. I don't believe that JACK is absolutely
necessary for all components in the Linux audio software armory, just in
mine. ;)
Best,
dp
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