Linux is More than Ready For Professional Audio. Here is Proof! 1666

removed alt.os.windows-xp because the group has nothing to do with this

And there is your problem. You are trying to equate playback performance with recording performance, the two are simply not comparable.

In the recording industry there is a reason we are willing to pay $500USD for a single relatively small piece of software. It's not foolishness, it's a value decision, the value that small piece of software will add is enormous (several times the $500 price tag). Now whether the OS hooks in Linux are suitable for professional audio doesn't even matter, what matters is if that $500 small piece of software is available, it is not, and there are no currently available high-quality alternatives.

This is not a dig at Linux, this is simply a market fact, very much like Windows has the market share.

If you want to see this fact change I suggest studying up on the physics involved in the hardware methods, creating exceedingly accurate software models, and releasing for Linux. I personally don't see this gaining much momentum in the next 5 years, and zealocy will only slow the process.

If there comes a time where comparable software is available on Linux, I will make a judgement both professional and personal about whether or not to include Linux in my studio based on open eyes and facts. As I said in the thread that seems to have spawned this one, I actually do have a Linux box in my studio (actually 2, one to back and support the other), it makes a fantastic storage server. Personally it makes a great web browser, my day job I use it extensively for desktop purposes (with a giant THANKS!!!! to the entire Ubuntu team), my websites generally run it, it is invaulable to me. There is one giant exception, professional level recording; the recording capabilities of the software simply are not up to professional levels, and the driver support for professional equipment is simply not there.

I've run Linux of one type or another in many circumstances since the mid-90s, I've run RedHat back at 3 or 4, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora, etc, and have not seen where for recording music the software is available. I would like to see this change, if for no other reason than greater diversity in the market leads to better software, better service, better capability. Joe