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Now there is a guy with balls of steel. Bravo, man. Linux is a pillar of stability. I hear PD (free max-like program) runs on Linux. Kris ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: im about to start a war > I'm using Linux for making and recording music. :-) There's some >decent > open source software out there for music, and some software loopers too. > Hey, I got this on topic! > > Joey > > RICK WALKER wrote: >> Dear Todd, >> I feel compelled to respond to your rant about >> how clunky you think Windows is as an operating system. >> >> Different operating systems have different paradigms. >> Of course, it will take you time to learn how to use it. >> Different human beings designed it. Of course there will be things you >> hate about a new system (especially if you are unused to it---I'm >forever >> swearing at >> my G4 laptop when it siezes up on me............I just don't know it >very >> well compared >> to my PC desktop music workstation). >> >> I've always done Windows so working on a new Mac system is really >clunky >> and inefficient >> (merely because I don't know it yet). The lack of sophisticated >right >> click functionality alone >> makes me much faster on a PC than on a Mac system, but most of that is >> just because it's what I know. >> >> Try going from Sonar to Logic or Cubase..............they do roughly >the >> same things but the >> gui is different and the way you think is different. >> >> I don't want to be an apologist for all the flaws of Windows, but >there >> is so much more fascinating >> software being developed for it...............there are especially many >, >> many more free plugins being developed for it. >> There are incredible programs like Sony Vegas, Acid, Sound Forge >(still >> for my money the best and easiest sound >> editor on both platforms and I've used all of them), FLStudio >Producers >> Edition, Granulab, Tuareg, etc., etc. >> that it's tough to hear people bash it so much in these posts. >> >> I believe that to say that you don't like it and don't want to use it >is >> really valid, >> but to complete diss a very, very sophisticated music creation >> environment >> because you don't like it borders on ignorance and potentially can come >> off as arrogance. >> >> World class music is made every day on PCs................as well as >> Macs. >> >> I made my last two CDs entirely on a PC system that had a single core >2.4 >> mghz processor and >> a whopping 512 megs of RAM. >> >> When people review the music they never say, "wow, you ignoramous, >you >> didn't use a Mac with >> it's obviously superior operating system to create this". They never >> say, "what an asshole , you >> only used 512 megs of RAM and a single core dinosaur processor to >create >> this?" >> >> No, they talk about the music which is really what it's all about in >the >> long run. >> >> Additionally, I because I live off of my artistry and don't have a ton >> of money, I have to be sensitive to cost. >> I'd love to be able to shell out $3,600 it would take to get the fully >> tricked out MacBook pro with the 4 gigs of RAM >> and the superduper fast hardrive plus the $900 for the tricked out RME >> 800 break out box but >> I just don't have that money to spend. >> >> One of the things about PCs when you are on a budget is, that if you >have >> a desktop machine you can improve >> your machine $100 to $200 at a time by purchasing just barely trailing >> edge technology. >> It's not so cheap and easy to do that (especially with motherboards and >> processors) in the Mac world. >> >> So, Macs fucking rule and I heartily applaud anyone who loves their >> system. >> It's okay for those of us who are in the PC world to love the setups we >> have, too, however >> >> If you use a tricked out Macbook pro and make incredible looping music >> does that >> make Andre LaFosse less of an artist because he uses a Gibson Echoplex >> with >> and Apple IIC neanderthal processor in it. >> >> Of course not. >> >> No us and them, brother..............................only US! >> >> All respect, Rick Walker >> >