Shell scripts are better than batch files, especially given the rich tool set that comes with Linux. As to the question below, my answer is "why not?" On Thu, 2013-02-07 at 03:15 +0200, cunnilinux himself wrote: > > Assuming this an open question, I'll share my thoughts... > > > > I love Linux audio for its ideology and the huge efforts of its contributors > > (something beyond my capabilities). But I do find I'm constantly' battling > > against the elements'. > > ... that's the point -Linux audio's stability varies from system to > > system and that's the only negative thing about it compared to corporate > > OS/Audio. > windows is EXACTLY the same. some systems just work, some need > moderate tweaking, some require constant fighting with software/hardware. > > > The majority of linux audio apps are such a mess to work with for the > > majority of, let's say, pure musicians which in turn are not interested > > at all in learning an OS to play music with a usb keyboard throug > > Qsynth, record things with Ardour, use Guitarix, configure a soundcard, > > etc etc... that's all. > in the same time, many of them are able and willing to do VERY complex > and special magic with cracked windows software to make it work :)))) > in fact, it is NOT easier than making average linux system to work. > the motivation is the difference. > > > usually it means to leech a thousand instruments/plugins from the > > internet, fiddling around for them for some time, getting bored, having > > no real idea of what you want your *artistic creation* to be, thinking > > that the coolest compressor, not practising over and over, will give > > you a good voice, thinking that the latest guitar FX will make your > > crappy guitar playing gorgeous... > > All of this in 90 % cases to come up with a '4 chord song' which > > is just the remake of all other 4-chord songs out there. the cycle repeats. > but there's one fundamental thing behind that. > people want to have endless opportunities to pick some another cool > thing that does some kind of fancy multimedia show. > that's about how the whole modern economics works. > > > See, here is where expectations/assumptions are what leads to claims of > > "linux audio sucks." First off, expecting a "clone" of a Windows > > application is unrealistic for many reasons > but the whole linux-on-desktop thing (and linux-on-DAW in particular) works > just like cloning the (un)natural monopolist for decades!!11 > > to speak about audio production, critical mass of people involved to > audio production believes that ableton+VST is the only possible & > acceptable paradigm nowadays, so it should be cloned everyphere. > > as for me, i like linux because it's very easy to make it to be totally > different... but who cares? :) > > and in general, linux audio suxx because very few people can answer > one very basic question: «why linux audio?» > > p.s. and very few people can even imagine how much of their hardware > run linux inside :)))))) > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user