I think it really comes down to audio production versus rough-working. What I mean by this... Is that your friend doesn't take what he played on his hand-held recorder, and try to release that as his work.
You can compare using Windows, ($200) Soundforge (Who knows, probably ever a hundred), and Adobe Audition (Probably some ungodly price knowing Adobe) easily and without having to get too involved, but do you have the money to afford the operating system and all these expensive music production programs? Chances are that if you're a musician, you probably don't. Most musicans I know can't even afford to eat more than half a bowl of ceral for their entire day's worth of food...
There are of course a lot of free alternative programs like Audacity for Windows, but I think that developing audio production to a more honed level on a free and open-source platform is exactly what every musician wishes they had. I don't want to meet the musician that doesn't want to put in their time to learn how to make their music sound the absolute best, because their music probably sounds like garbage. That being said, if a musician is not willing to spend a couple hours compiling source, reading on how to get an application up off the ground, then I doubt that musican spent much time learning how to use their other tools for creating music.
I think in terms of just rough recording, Windows is the best choice, because you can basically take it out-of-the box, and just start recording off the back. But for audio production, project-based recording, what musician wouldn't love a completely free and powerful recording platform?
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I think it really comes down to audio production versus rough-working. What I mean by this... Is that your friend doesn't take what he played on his hand-held recorder, and try to release that as his work. You can compare using Windows, ($200) Soundforge (Who knows, probably ever a hundred), and Adobe Audition (Probably some ungodly price knowing Adobe) easily and without having to get too involved, but do you have the money to afford the operating system and all these expensive music production programs? Chances are that if you're a musician, you probably don't. Most musicans I know can't even afford to eat more than half a bowl of ceral for their entire day's worth of food... There are of course a lot of free alternative programs like Audacity for Windows, but I think that developing audio production to a more honed level on a free and open-source platform is exactly what every musician wishes they had. I don't want to meet the musician that doesn't want to put in their time to learn how to make their music sound the absolute best, because their music probably sounds like garbage. That being said, if a musician is not willing to spend a couple hours compiling source, reading on how to get an application up off the ground, then I doubt that musican spent much time learning how to use their other tools for creating music. I think in terms of just rough recording, Windows is the best choice, because you can basically take it out-of-the box, and just start recording off the back. But for audio production, project-based recording, what musician wouldn't love a completely free and powerful recording platform?