KVR Audio

1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:25 am

neverwhere2012 wrote:ummm.... OSX?

funny coming from a truly 'locked down' monopolic system!!

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:26 am

In case any of you didn't know, many Windows VST plugins can be made to function under Linux.

take care,
McLilith

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:30 am

neverwhere2012 wrote:ummm.... OSX?

Maybe if someone wrote drivers for decent hardware but as it is exclusive to second-rate machines I don't see any point.
As someone mentioned, a lot of VSTi will run under Linux, there's a compatibility list somewhere. Unfortunately I haven't seen a host that is within light-years of tempting me away from ORION [pun intended]. Whilst Linux is undoubtedly a great OS for anyone with a little naus, for guys who need to spend all day on the phone to India [Dell, was it?], its going to be just as bloated and slow as Windoze. And its not just audio app's that it lacks, there are lots of things that you can't do to any decent standard [unless you wanna shell out thousands for new software]. Linux seems to have stagnated more than somewhat in recent times which is a shame because it is a great alternative for a lot of people.

1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:33 am

I'm just tired of Windows shitting its pants on my pc!!

More than half the issues I experience is from Windows crappy craptacular crappy crap crap!

I'm going off to bed.............I feel like crap!

1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:37 am

McLilith wrote:In case any of you didn't know, many Windows VST plugins can be made to function under Linux.

take care,
McLilith

Sounds painful....ok really i'm off........please notify me when your done coding our new OS

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:41 am

Gee, wasn't WilliamK supposed to be writing a new music OS?

o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:04 am

neverwhere2012 wrote:ummm.... OSX?

I like it too, and I don't care what anyone says.

I've had a mac(OSX) and a PC(WIN2k) for about the same amount of time. I've had to reinstall the os on the PC dozens of times, but I've never had any problems with the Mac. I've gotten all sorts of viruses on the pc but none at all on the mac. I've had 3 hard drives die on the pc, but none on the mac.

In fact, I think the only problem I ever had on the mac was I had to force quit Peak... ONE TIME!!!!!!

Plus, the mac cpu is 1/4 the speed of the pc's and they perform equally.

I'm sorry, but based on personal experience... I'll take OSX any day.

noizetronic · Post by **noizetronic** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:43 am

linux is more and more making its way from servers to desktop machines. This as well includes audio.

You might want to check out http://www.agnula.org/ for a specialized audio distribution that shows what's possible. Now if big companies would port their stuff....

regards noizetronic

FaX · Post by **FaX** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:58 am

Sure O'Malley but at least compare OSX too XPPro for fair comparison Windows 2000 was a piece of shit if you ask me.
XPPro is stable as all hell over here.

o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:35 am

FaX wrote:Sure O'Malley but at least compare OSX too XPPro for fair comparison Windows 2000 was a piece of shit if you ask me.
XPPro is stable as all hell over here.

I don't have XPpro, but I use it at work on 2 different machines, and I've had no end to problems there either, and thats in just 5 months of working there. I've had to call computing resources like every three weeks to fix problems with it. I had to call them once when our time keeper software stopped working after I did a disk cleanup, because it deleted some driver. A f**king disk cleanup!!!!!

I put the driver back, but it couldn't connect to the network again without re-liscensing or something, I forget, but our system was down for a week in the beggining of the semester, so like half the students never even got into the system.

r2101 · Post by **r2101** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:43 am

beos???

http://www.yellowtab.com/

but well for audio production there is no real alternative to windows xp imho...
personally i did not expirience crashes and did not have to reinstall the os all the time...strange...
and well the old nt servers at work run for 2 years constantly - so maybe i am just lucky.
win9x was hell agreed - but NT and lately 2000 & XP are rock solid (again imho).
virus and spyware problems never troubled me either... all it takes is a firewall & a decent antivirus application (and using alternative webbrowsers & email clients).
user error is imho the no1 cause of malfunctioning windows systems...

DuX · Post by **DuX** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:52 am

WoJ wrote:If only more people would code audio apps for linux/unix based systems

and BeOS!!!

Linux is a great power tool, its the most customizable OS it would be v.usefull to have audio apps run on it.

Oh and did i mention BeOS!!! Get coding for BeOS!!!! Its the fastest OS i've had on my pc! If only the company didnt go bankrupt

WoJ

Like every single other good stuff that appears from time to time... if it only happened to MicroSoft, oh praise the lord

I'd do happy MacroFarts followed by Microfarts whole happy day

scuzzphut · Post by **scuzzphut** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:28 am

jorgen + yellowtab =

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:43 am

o'malley wrote:I've had a mac(OSX) and a PC(WIN2k) for about the same amount of time. I've had to reinstall the os on the PC dozens of times

Why? I've never had to reinstall Windoze, ever. I used to do it fairly regularly to keep everything trim, taut and terrific but I've got so much grunt to spare these days that the last time I installed an OS on a working PC was when I upgraded from Win2k to XP about 2 years ago. Installing hardware and software is no harder on PC or Mac, they both just work. I don't have any anti-virus software and I've never had a virus. And its not just because I look after my PC because a) I don't and b) I use Dell and HP computers at various places of work and have similarly few problems. Ever. OTOH, I was talking to the guy who installed 11 brand-new G5's at Channel 7 when I was there earlier this year and he was telling me that he won't upgrade their machines to Tiger [or whatever the latest version of OSX is] because he knows that none of the software will run and he'll have to completely rebuild them all. Fabulous operating system, that.

topaz · Post by **topaz** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:13 am

XP sp1 running > XP Lite

sorted. rock solid.

Why No Windows Alternative?