On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 08:18:39PM +0200, Paul Davis wrote: > most of > us do not have the time or inclination to focus on "newbies to audio > programming on linux", even if we recognize that this is a problem and > wish it was otherwise.
I spend on average something like the equivalent of half a working day each week on responding to off-list requests for support on some aspect of linux audio programming. The simple fact is that creating a 'major' audio app is not a simple task *on any system* and requires a mix of skills and knowledge that take their time to build up and mature. It's just not supposed to be easy for a relative newbie - believing that it should be may fit some political agenda but is rather foolish. Linux may democratise access to audio and other media production tools, and that's a good thing, but it does not do so by creating 'instant experts'. Regarding the original topic of this thread, I'd like to make two comments. First, why should a complete instrument, taking in MIDI and producing audio, be a plugin in Rosegarden or any other sequencer ? It would be much more useful as a standalone app, and probably *a lot* easier to develop. I wouldn't think for even a fraction of a second to write Aeolus as a plugin - it would be an exercise in self-torture of the third degree. Second, the life of Rosegarden's developers would have been a lot easier if they had just concentrated on trying to be the best MIDI sequencer rather than also a complete multitrack audio recorder, a mixer, and a host to software instruments. Ciao, -- FA Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica Parma, Italia Wie der Mond heute Nacht aussieht ! Ist es nicht ein seltsames Bild ? _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
