On 04/04/14 02:56, Tim Blechmann wrote:
well, it is nice being able to talk to a dev, but it does not necessarily help: e.g. i once contacted a developer of some ladspa plugins that the filters get unstable, getting the wonderful answer like: i just implemented some textbook formular, i don't know what this kind of filter is and have no understanding about DSP ... of course he did not care about fixing bugs or making sure that fixes will make it into distributions ...
Where anyone can publish anything of course the user needs to do a fair bit of work filtering the worthwhile from the useless. That takes quite a lot of commitment and time as well as a deeper understanding the field. It is much easier to let someone else choose for you (perhaps pay them to do it), they'll give you something ready to use for the situations they are catering for. But then you are stuck with their notion of what is worthwhile, and whatever other agenda they have (e.g. extracting ongoing profits from their users). I'll put the time in to learn and choose myself, but it isn't quick or easy, just the way I prefer to work, as much because it leads to that deeper understanding of the field as anything else.
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