Hi Dave, Just a thought:
A section on interactive electroacoustic music and its tools would be also interesting since that area is steadily growing in its popularity. Ivica Ico Bukvic, composer, multimedia sculptor, programmer, webmaster & computer consultant http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================ "To be is to do" - Socrates "To do is to be" - Sartre "Do be do be do" - Sinatra "I am" - God > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linux-audio-dev- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dave Phillips > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 2:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] a brief update and a request > > Andy Wingo wrote: > > > 1) The use of jack to link together sound apps -- a universal transport > > control > > > > This area is not often explored in practice, so you might be on the > > cutting edge, so to speak. It does have a lot of promise, though; the > > trouble is that often, apps just connect directly to the sound > > driver. While that's a nice defaut behaviour, often it would be > > useful to have to option to leave ports disconnected. I digress. A > > few quicktoot-style tutorials on getting things done with the alsa > > seq and jack would be most useful. > > I agree. I'm following Ardour and JACK development, they will definitely > get coverage. I like your example suggestion, so something like that > will be added. > > > 2) GStreamer > > Count on it. It's in the list... :) > > It's pretty amazing to look back over the last two years and see how > much good software has evolved since the 1st edition. Very inspiring... > > > Well, whatever you choose to include, I'm sure it will be a nice > > improvement on the already nice first edition. > > Thanks, Andy, and thanks for the suggestions ! > > > Maybe a section on making the transition from windows or mac to linux? > > That would be neat. > > Another good idea. I certainly get a fair amount of mail from people > looking to make the switch, I might as well codify my responses... ;) > > Best regards, > > == Dave Phillips > > The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm > The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org
