So seriously, what's so great about windows that linux or OSX can't do for you? [...] Making music?
Yes, for example. I'm an old Debian user, I used OsX for a while and now I got windows on my pc. I program DSP apps for study (university) purposes and I make music for fun.
As a sequencer I use FruityLoops Studio, wich has the unique property of being lightweight, intuitive and very sample oriented. Unfortunately, it will never run under OsX or Linux and will never be emulated (it contains too much assembler code, for improved performance - ok, bad programmin habit, but it works.
Also the thousands and thousands of VST plugins available on the market won't absolutely work under linux systems and still have to be ported under mac OsX. Only big companies (Native Instruments or IK Multimedia among them) can make the effort of translating their VST plugins into other formats to make them usable under OsX, and also in that case, plugins are generally buggier, more unstable and older (speaking in version terms) than their Windows counterparts.
Yes, I know, pro musicians have studios with a lot of macs with Digital Performer as a sequencer and a lot of connected hardware audio gear.
But I'm not a pro musician, I can't afford studio and hardware gear and I mix my songs with my PC. Yet, I'm satisfied with the semi-professional result.
If I had a OsX box, I'd probably make worse music. If I had a Linux box, I'd never make music.
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I heard there was people able to use VST plugins with Linux, using the WINE remapping layer
I heard it too, but I also heard they did it in such a complex way that they could rewrite the plugin from scratch, instead.
Someone could post the link anyway?
I put my mom on Linux and she has never used a computer in her life. Who recompiles her kernel anyway?
So seriously, what's so great about windows that linux or OSX can't do for you? [...] Making music?
Yes, for example. I'm an old Debian user, I used OsX for a while and now I got windows on my pc. I program DSP apps for study (university) purposes and I make music for fun.
As a sequencer I use FruityLoops Studio, wich has the unique property of being lightweight, intuitive and very sample oriented.
Unfortunately, it will never run under OsX or Linux and will never be emulated (it contains too
much assembler code, for improved performance - ok, bad programmin habit, but it works.
Also the thousands and thousands of VST plugins available on the market won't absolutely work under linux systems and still have to be ported under mac OsX. Only big companies (Native Instruments or IK Multimedia among them) can make the effort of translating their VST plugins into other formats to make them usable under OsX, and also in that case, plugins are generally buggier, more unstable and older (speaking in version terms) than their Windows counterparts.
Yes, I know, pro musicians have studios with a lot of macs with Digital Performer as a sequencer and a lot of connected hardware audio gear.
But I'm not a pro musician, I can't afford studio and hardware gear and I mix my songs with my PC. Yet, I'm satisfied with the semi-professional result.
If I had a OsX box, I'd probably make worse music.
If I had a Linux box, I'd never make music.