The inclusion of ALSA in the 2.6 kernel will NOT make more sound cards magically work with Linux, you can download ALSA 0.9.1 now, and use it with almost any 2.4 kernel to get the same ALSA support as you would with a 2.6 kernel.Īt the moment you can do a lot with Linux Audio. It’s worth checking out to get a good selection of them. The LADSPA plugin standard has become widely accepted due to it’s simple API and solid automation capabilities. Sweep for instance is sponsored in by Pixar and CSIRO, and does a few things no other editor can….Īrdour and Jack will provide the last missing links to provide a complete DAW. I was surprised not to see a mention of some of these in the article, I guess he only covered apps that come with Mandrake. Linux audio is very interesting at the moment, there are already a number of powerful and mature apps like PD, Jmax, Freqtweak, Lilypond, Audacity, Sweep and Csound. The last problem is the lack of standart for audio plugin : the present one is not very good, isn’t verty practical for automation. There is also the problem of the very bas scheduler in 2.4 kernel, but I alsao heard that it will change in the 2.6 ( I haven’t played yet with 2.5.* kernel to see the changes… ) ![]() Maybe the coming of alsa in 2.6 release kernel will change that. There is also the lack of drivers ( an exception RME cards, who are very good, and have good audio drivers under linux ). GNU/Linux needs a very easy install, like BeOS, winXP or QNX ( I have never installed Mac OS, so I can not say anything about that ). I don’t personnaly think linux is very difficult to install, bu I know what a hard drive is, what a partition is, what a driver is, etc… Most people find windows ( and even mac ) too bloated, too difficult to use. The number 1 pb for linux is : installation. mac were a lot better 5-6 years ago, but now… The only things windows lack is pro tools ( but nuendo or samplitude will harm digidesign a lot, I think ), and Digital perfourmer. ![]() ![]() I think the reputation of apple is a little over estimate for music. Sofwares like Nuendo are afaik very good ( and yes, ardour, even if the project is very insteresting, is far, far, far away from products like nuendo ). Windows, since windows2000, is a very good OS for pro audio. Actually, OSX (built on UNIX) makes a far better recording studio than Windows, who’s architecture require a really fast, heavily loaded system to do pro-audio” “Pro audio linux will be realized in the not-so-distant future, and having UNIX as a base is not the problem.
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