Linux and audio pro 3811
Actually Noah, there's a relationship between those two factors. Sure, luck plays a role in any career, but the smarter you are, the luckier you get! Part of getting good clients...
Lorin David Schultz Exactly. Really the only thing not finding a big time studio or album made with Linux tools means is either we...
The point is the high end facilities and producers that actually push the technological envelope, not the home or low end studios. Lucas developed the SoundDroid and EditDroid over 25 years ago. From those systems came the follow-on Sonic editors and the rest of the audio editing systems, and the Avid editors and the rest of the picture edit systems. It's the custom built high end needs that push the industry forward in technology, not the low end market. For someone to be crowing over a system then barely delivers what has been standard fare elsewhere for quite a number of years is a bit silly.
The development of the Lucas Droids, Neve and SSL consoles, SoundStream, 3M and Sony digital recording systems, and the basic signal processors developed in the 1950s and 1960s that are de facto standards in studios today are all the product of high end custom research and design of the time, supported and used first by high end facilities. Over the years, that technology filters down the chain, but when significant new tech shows up in the entertainment industries, you will see it first in major productions, not in demo rooms. That is why I would ask where's the significant impact of linux audio technology as reflected in major productions. The fact is, the linux systems lag the market rather than lead the market and are merely imitating what is already out there. Some true believers have a hard time recognizing that. However, even in the single example studio provided by the true believers, it was an afterthought in the equipment listings, preceded by more standard and ordinary fare.
From a facilities standpoint, compatibility also means going beyond having one flavor. the DAW list inhouse includes Sonic Solutions, Pro Tools, Sequoia, Digital Performer, SSL ScreenSound, Waveburner Pro...
As for a home studio, the issues of ease of compatability with the outside world and lack of an upgrade path will limit the usefulness of any linux system as compared to more conventional fare. That's the current reality of the production world and wishful thinking won't change that. If and when that changes and those systems start doing something above and beyond the ordinary, they will certainly win the embrace of professionals looking for that extra edge, but not before then. -- Digital Services Recording Studios
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