Re: [microsound] linux and ardour was:puff 'n stuff

[Bill Jarboe <billjarboe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 4/7/04 6:40 AM, Michal Seta at mis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Bill Jarboe <billjarboe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> Did you try running ardour on a mac? Has anyone?
> 
> you mean in OS X?  or linux?

  I meant linux. Has anyone tried running it in osx?

> I did run it on a 300MHz iMac with Debian PPC.  But that was a while ago...
> 
>> 
>> What about audio interfaces...do most of the major brands work on linux?
> 
> http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/ should give an idea about whch cards are
> supported


 thanks.-it says almost all usb devices are supported
> 
>> 
>> The main thing I want to know is: if one is running Ardour on a pc (ibm for
>> instance) can one trade files with someone who's installed linux on a mac
>> without having to convert them to something else in order for something to
>> happen?
> 
> I doubt that this should be a problem.  Audio files are audio files so no
> problem there.  Other than that everything is text (XML).
> 
>> Yes. The thing I've heard about linux is once it's on the harddrive it's
>> difficult to get off. I'd like to know what my chances of having something
>> usable are before taking that plunge.
> 
> Depends what you expect.  If you're new to linux you should consider
> that it will take some time before you get used to the environment.
> Your milege will vary.
> And you will probably not find many apps that behave in a way you are
> used to so you may have to accept a little modification to your work
> habits.  For me it worked out ok, I'm glad in fact that I had to take
> a step back and get some perspective on what and how I was doing.
> If you're in the middle of productions don't switch.  Wait until you
> have some time to fool around.

 I'm mostly interested in 24 /32 bit dsp.

 Thanks for the Help.

                               Bill




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