On 02/10/2013 08:52 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2013-02-10 at 12:06 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 12:17:34PM +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: >> >>> and if you want to include the setup and configuration of a >>> bare-bones machine, then please also include the soldering iron and >>> oscilloscope :) >> And a calibrated test tape [snip] > That's why calibration at home usually is limited to premagnetisation. > Another issue for hobby engineers is to get the service manual. > > However, for some humans it's hard to spend much time with the computer, > but it's easy for them to use stand alone devices. > > I guess the original comparison (8 track analog vs a Linux computer) is > about the difference between a computer and (analog + digital) stand > alone devices. One glaring difference is that with analog equipment, it is fast and easy to get sound recorded. You can unbox it, and you will be able to record and playback almost immediately. It may take you time to learn how to get GOOD sounds recorded, but that is a different topic. He can learn about degaussing at a later time. He can learn head alignment at his leisure. He can still record, just maybe not at the highest quality yet. With computer audio, and Linux more than some, even if you follow one of the step by step instructions which can be found on the net, it still may not work. You may have a different kernel than were used in the instructions. Pulse Audio may not work the way the instructions say it will (if at all). Your device names will all be different than what is in the instructions. Your sound card may not work with the version of alsa used as an example. Systemd and dbus may be causing problems which weren't an issue in the 5 year old instructions. Your choice of distro and version can make a huge impact. Inevitably, your jack parameters will be different than what are given in various examples - and often with no apparent logic as to why that is so. Until ALL of those things are solved, the recording environment is unusable. In other words, even if someone is an experienced audio person, and has tried to search out various HOW-TOs to get his computer set up, it still may not work. At all. An experienced linux person will likely be more able to get things running quickly, but if the goal is to get 'end-users' to use audio on linux, then the target market must be "people who want to perform audio tasks" and NOT "people who already use linux." -- --- My bands, CD projects, music, news, and pictures: http://www.lateralforce.com My blog, with commentary on a variety of things, including audio, mixing, equipment, etc, is at: http://audioandmore.wordpress.com Staat heißt das kälteste aller kalten Ungeheuer. Kalt lügt es auch; und diese Lüge kriecht aus seinem Munde: 'Ich, der Staat, bin das Volk.' - [Friedrich Nietzsche] _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
