[TriLUG] Musical composition software

[Jeff Tickle]

On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 09:28 -0400, Michael Thompson wrote:
> One more thing, I've heard that the Jack application *can* be a possible
> security risk, dunno how but thats what I've been told.  Regardless its
> a good app and you might want to consider keeping your audio workstation
> off your network anyway, as I've heard that any extra hardware in your
> box will do nothing but increase latency and possibly create more noise.
> ~ I just shut down my network service when its not in use, but a USB
> network device that can be completely removed might be nice.

From rom what you've said as well as a lot of other things I've read in my
Linux audio research, it seems that the best solution is to have a
decent box dedicated to your Linux audio (for anything more advanced
than just ALSA) as opposed to just having some composition software on
your main box.  With Jack, Linux has the potential to be THE most
powerful audio platform though.

When things get a bit more stable (because there is a LOT of work needed
in that area) it'll be interesting to see if any professional audio
folks switch to Linux for their mixing.  I know I'll probably be setting
up an audio box to mix this year's CD for [shameless plug] The Premier
ASU A Cappella group, Higher Ground (http://www.asuhigherground.com).
[/shameless plug]  For the price to get someone else to do it, it's more
economical for us to just buy the equipment ourselves.

$-0.02

-Jeff
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