[TriLUG] Music, Musicians and the Penguin

[Lee Fickenscher]

Not trying to start a flame war, just wanting to make a statement:

If we had all "just stay with a standard", where would Linux be today?

-Lee

On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 04:29:52PM -0500, James P. Jones wrote:
> Roy,
> 
> Stick with Mac or Windows with music.   There are too many software packages
> in those two platforms that are fully supported (drivers,  codexes, &
> support personnel)  inexpensive, and easy to obtain.
> 
> I record with Acid, Sonar 2.1, and use several software synths.   I have
> used Linux since RedHat 5.0 and with all of the licensing issues and
> "shitty" software, I recommend just stay with a standard.  Almost all of the
> music software today features copyright protection to protect your work
> also.
> 
> I love Linux but, for desktop publishing, network administration, etc.   I
> even use "Krabby", & "CD-Toaster"  to record & burn songs but after seeing
> what is currently available I don't recommend moving to the Linux platform.
> 
> Music software is written for the minority and unless the industry decides
> Linux is lucrative there will be no real professional quality software.
> 
> Also, make sure you check on your band's name "Black Eyed Susan" is a name
> of a band on the Sony label.  The band was lead by the singer of "Brittany
> Fox" you may run into some legal issues of things take off.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> JJ
> 
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> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roy Vestal" <rvestal at trilug.org>
> To: <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:04 PM
> Subject: [TriLUG] Music, Musicians and the Penguin
> 
> 
> > I'm in a local band (http://www.blackeyedsuzy.com - shameless plug) and I
> > want to be able to rip/burn/etc songs from our demos and eventually setup
> a
> > digital studio with software much like protools. Anyone have any
> suggestions
> > on software/hardware setups?
> >
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