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On Mar 11, 1:40 pm, (Aphelion) wrote:
My comments were really aimed at the smarmy manner the original poster
used to promote his agenda.

If open souce does it for you... then go for it, but to come on a
Cubase group and pander open source applications does not even give
them due respect.

I've looked at open source for recording but I can't move several
levels down from where I'm at. Only half the features of my audio
card(s) are supported, the timing is suspect, features missing... etc,
etc.

I like the idea, but the goods aren't there yet.

Ap


I tried doing a project using only OpenSource software and Linux and
compared to using Nuendo, it was like trying to build a battleship
with
a ball peen hammer and a pair of pliers.
Sure, the Opensource software and Linux is free, but how much time is
spent fiddling with it in order to make it work?
I tried using Ardour and Audacity (Audacity isn't bad under Windows)
under Linux and it was like pulling teeth.
First I need something called Jack, then my ALSA isn't working
correctly and then when I finally do get sound I find out
that I have to run everything as Superuser because I need it to have
high priority.
As it turned out the best latency I could get with an RME card was
about 7.5 msec and even that was on the hairy edge.

Then there are the plugins which suck.

In fact, Linux as a whole sucks for multimedia.
Linux does just fine on a server locked up in closet along with some
geek needed to maintain it and who speaks the Linux language.

There is a major reason why OpenSource and Linux software is free yet
has so very little of the market as far as useage is concerned and
that reason is because it sucks for most things.
Maybe in 15 years OpenSource will be ready but for now it's for geeks
and freaks.