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wjcofkc writes: Somewhere between IT jobs I found myself spending 2 1/2 years employed pretty deeply in the local music industry. It was a fantastic experience. Left and right I saw people using very expensive proprietary software. I never saw anything that a similar Linux counterpart, or a suite of Open Source counterparts could not do. Needless to say, I preached the good word. Unfortunately, I never exploited any opportunities to provide a demo. One thing concerned me. If you have a full DAW setup, it's not just software; there is always some sort of hardware interface of varying complexity involved and playing through an amp into a microphone connected to a computer is not an acceptable way to record. I recently purchased a Lexicon Alpha 2-Channel Desktop Recording Studio interface based on vague mentions that it might work with Linux. After plugging it in for the first time, I fired up Audacity and Ardour. The device was available to select as an interface with zero configuration and it works perfectly. My question to the music geeks among us: what is your take on the state of Open Source pro audio software? And what successes and failures have you had with studio hardware?
Alas, I spent my entire looking for a job.
I also spent my entire noun looking for a.
Linux is utter shite for anything requiring creativity. Just get a Mac and be happy with your work instead of living with the endless frustration that is modern day open sores software.
I whole heartedly agree, terrible waste of time.
I used to work for a defence contractor on software that, I discovered later, was being written for the NSA to use in the spying programme. No joke, this actually happened. I am posting this AC via Tor just in case.
I want you to keep than in mind when I say...