HI Quentin and others re: *************************** "A good example would be the recent dbus fight on jack. I read the first few, and now ignore any Jackd mails to do with dbus" ****************************
Yes I to saw the first few and now ignore them, important I'm sure they are. **************************** Yes, I understand what you are saying, in that some of the top mastering houses still use their horrendously expensive analogue equipment. Just know that the main reason why they dis digital mastering is BECAUSE they paid so much for those mastering riggs, and want to maintain exclusivity. ******************************** This I have been watching for tens years or more as a sound engineer (Live and studio) A lot of analogue stuff was designed for road use and thus cost a fortune. We don't really need this ruggedness in a studio now and can get great results from cheaper equipment. Must be a real bugbear when someone produces excellent music on budget equipment. Would people downloading a track they like stop and think, I wont buy that as it was done on a behringer desk, never going to happen. They download because they like the music, and this is the only criteria they use. Plus it then get converted to Ogg or mp3. This is the greatest time to be into music of any description ans it's all changing so fast, enjoy the ride! Cheers Bob 2009/6/20 Quentin Harley <[email protected]> > Hi Ralf, > ************************************** > Thanks for driving the "better Midi" bus. People are often content with > "It works for me" and if you can somehow find a solution to your > problems, it will benefit all. Just take care not to drop rant bombs on > lists (2 or more mails on the same topic in close proximity). This > causes a lot of unhappiness, and people will most often than not delete > the whole lot at once. A good example would be the recent dbus fight on > jack. I read the first few, and now ignore any Jackd mails to do with > dbus. > > Yes, I understand what you are saying, in that some of the top mastering > houses still use their horrendously expensive analogue equipment. Just > know that the main reason why they dis digital mastering is BECAUSE they > paid so much for those mastering riggs, and want to maintain exclusivity. > > I find it humorous that people would actually fall for this publicity > stunt, because the highest frequency that the CD can reproduce according > to the same Nyquist–Shannon sampling > theorem is a mere 22kHz, but practically only about 20kHz. > > Professional is a term that, until recently, meant "You get paid for > what you do". A professional street sweeper is not a good street > sweeper, but one that gets paid to do it. > > Therefore I am a Professional Mastering Engineer - because I also get > paid to do it, even though I am using 64 Studio as my main interface. > My customers don't care what I use, because they like the product, > ultimately making me a good ME. > > Regards, > Quentin > > > > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Hi :) > > > > I'm ambivalent if I should waste my time or the time of any Linux coder. > > > > The latest mails I got offlist because of my unwanted suggestions on > > other mailing lists, e.g. JACK dev list, are not only discrediting me, > > but also MIDI. I wonder if developer of important basics, that means for > > the kernel, ALSA and JACK are interested in fixing Jitter. Another issue > > is, that they still deceive their self that Linux should be 100% > > professional for recording, mixing and mastering. Until now no OS or > > digital stand alone equipment is 100% professional, there are still a > > lot of studios using analogue equipment. Okay, I'm a blabber, but please > > take a look at Wiki, e.g. at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastering: > > > > "There are mastering engineers who feel that digital technology, as of > > 2007, has not progressed enough in quality to supersede analog > > technology entirely. Many top mastering studios, including Bernie > > Grundman Mastering (which has mastered 37 Grammy-nominated albums), and > > Gateway Mastering, still embrace analog signal processing (such as > > analog equalization) within the mastering process. Additionally, the > > latest advances in analog mastering technology include 120V signal rails > > for previously unavailable headroom of 150dB as well as frequency > > response ranging from 3 Hz to 300 kHz.[citation needed] In order to > > duplicate this frequency response in digital domain, a sampling rate of > > at least 600 kHz would be required, by the Nyquist–Shannon sampling > > theorem. However, it is pertinent that the extremes in this frequency > > range (3 Hz - 300 kHz), are effectively inaudible, existing outside the > > range of both the human ear and most professional microphones." > > > > This are the experiences I made when I was engineer for Brauner. I don't > > think it's relevant for home-recording and I guess most of us will do > > home-recording or semi-pro work, but facing the truth is important for > > progress. > > > > Another issue that makes me feel pissed is, that it's not wanted to have > > many users, because Linux isn't proprietary, but not to have many users > > is the reason why hardware companies don't take enough care to fit to > Linux. > > > > I wonder if > > > > 1. there is an interest to include a working MIDI, even if MIDI is e.g. > > "anachronistische Sondermuell" (anachronistical hazardous waste) like a > > Linux coder wrote offlist. > > > > 2. there is an interest in facing the truth abaout digital recording and > > digital recording using Linux . > > > > 3. there is an interest in making Linux popular enough to make companies > > taking care about Linux, to get drivers. > > > > *?* > > > > Some people like e.g. Rui are interested in solving MIDI jitter, but I > > got more emails offline, that I'm not wanted and that MIDI per se is > > unwanted, they say e.g. jitter makes MIDI becoming more natural. > > > > Is there a chance for Linux audio and MIDI? > > > > By the way, I also get a lot of emails offlist from users who still use > > Linux for day-to-day work, but not for audio work any more, they changed > > to Apple or Microsoft. > > > > Why is there the need to talk about that offlist and keep up appearances > > on the lists? > > > > :( > > Ralf > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 64studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users >
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