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timbo+kanye both use plenty of software in their music. there aren't very m=
any artists on major labels that are all hardware guys. it is probably true=
that if you paid kanye lots of cash to big up ardour then yeah lots of peo=
ple would go give it a go=2C whether they would stay with it or not is a di=
fferent matter.
as for the dj's=2C well you'd be dragging them back into the stone age to g=
ive them linux systems to tour with=2C some of the latest advances are mind=
blowing. serato and ableton have created something called the bridge so tha=
t whilst using the digital vinyl control system of serato you can also use =
that to control music clips within ableton. so a loop you just created can =
be controlled with vinyl and mixed into any pre-existing tracks you have. a=
gain big name dj endorsements would get people to check things out but unle=
ss those programs are easy to get into+setup then people will demo them onc=
e and go back to whatever they were using.
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>=3B Date: Wed=2C 3 Aug 2011 11:02:26 +0200>=3B Subject: Re: [=
LAU] An appeal to famous artists?>=3B From: pshirkey@boosthardware.co=
m>=3B To: simta@hotmail.com>=3B CC: linux-audio-user@lists.linu=
xaudio.org>=3B >=3B >=3B>=3B >=3B>=3B Hence I said =
"at best"=2C meaning=2C in the best case scenario some FOSS>=3B >=
=3B>=3B tools may be functionally equivalent. I think the exception might=
be>=3B >=3B>=3B JACK=2C as the case could be made that it is fun=
ctionally superior to>=3B >=3B>=3B any other inter-application au=
dio and midi routing framework.>=3B >=3B>=3B >=3B as good a=
s JACK is=2C it's a little bit of a red herring.>=3B >=3B>=3B=
>=3B JACK needs to be as good as it is for any linux audio to be worthwh=
ile.>=3B >=3B when you have lots of things doing seperate jobs then=
yes you need>=3B >=3B something like JACK to be able to deal with =
it all.>=3B >=3B>=3B >=3B proprietary music software such a=
s cubase/ableton live/protools doesn't>=3B >=3B need anything like =
that. pretty much everything needed to work is>=3B >=3B available i=
nside the main program or as a plugin opened inside the main>=3B >=
=3B program. for anything else rewire suffices and rewire is a hell of a lo=
t>=3B >=3B easier to deal with than JACK=2C open the master program=
first then the>=3B >=3B slave and rewire is automatically engaged =
and routing audio/midi between>=3B >=3B both programs is available =
in the same way you would route tracks inside>=3B >=3B the program.=
>=3B >=3B>=3B >=3B so if you have someone used to being abl=
e to work in such a way then>=3B >=3B they're going to find it very=
hard to adjust to a very different way of>=3B >=3B working.>=
=3B >=3B>=3B >=3B time spent learning a whole new way of working =
could potentially kill any>=3B >=3B inspiration you have.>=3B=
>=3B >=3B And if it is not intuitive for you then you might no=
t want to learn how to>=3B use it anyway. But that would change if Ti=
mberland or Kanye went on record>=3B to say they had used xxx softwar=
e to get that special sound in their>=3B latest album. Highly unlikel=
y though as they tend to use hardware anyway.>=3B >=3B If a cou=
ple of big name DJ's started touring with Linux systems that might>=
=3B make some people think twice.>=3B >=3B >=3B -->=
=3B Patrick Shirkey>=3B Boost Hardware Ltd>=3B timbo+ka=
nye both use plenty of software in their music. there aren't very many arti=
sts on major labels that are all hardware guys. it is probably true that if=
you paid kanye lots of cash to big up ardour then yeah lots of people woul=
d go give it a go=2C whether they would stay with it or not is a different =
matter.as for the dj's=2C well you'd be dragging them back into the=
stone age to give them linux systems to tour with=2C some of the latest ad=
vances are mindblowing. serato and ableton have created something called th=
e bridge so that whilst using the digital vinyl control system of serato yo=
u can also use that to control music clips within ableton. so a loop you ju=
st created can be controlled with vinyl and mixed into any pre-existing tra=
cks you have. again big name dj endorsements would get people to check thin=
gs out but unless those programs are easy to get into+setup then people wil=
l demo them once and go back to whatever they were using.=
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