Re: Not with the scene…

[Iain Buclaw]

On 14 September 2013 00:34, John Colvin <john.loughran.colvin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday, 13 September 2013 at 23:03:16 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
>>
>> On 13 September 2013 22:18, John Colvin <john.loughran.colvin at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Friday, 13 September 2013 at 16:27:11 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 13, 2013 9:53 AM, "Russel Winder" <russel at winder.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 2013-09-11 at 14:56 +0200, Sönke Ludwig wrote:
>>>>> […]
>>>>> > Regarding the dub music genre, it has to be said that > > although it
>>>>> > is
>>>>> > the
>>>>> > root for dubstep and in turn ... brostep, it's usually not
>>>>> > > really
>>>>> > comparable result-wise and I have a strong desire to avoid
>>>>> > > putting
>>>>> > the
>>>>> > word "step" somewhere in proximity of "DUB" ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps this is the last word on the dubstep issue :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.mazbox.com/synths/dubstep/
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Someone should port to D.  In fact that's one thing I'd definitely would
>>>> like to start a case for - using D in audio processing (eg: effects,
>>>> synths
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Me too. Unfortunately the whole pro-audio plugin industry is completely
>>> wrapped around steinbergs little finger, doing everything as VSTs in c++.
>>
>>
>> Perhaps you haven't heard of LV2? http://lv2plug.in/
>
>
> It looks OK, but VST has an almost complete stranglehold (with the exception
> of AU on OS-X I suppose). Linux and open source have really failed to make
> much of an impact in the world of audio. Almost all the pros are on
> OSX/Windows with £500+ DAWs* and thousands of pounds of closed source VST
> plugins. A large proportion of free VSTs aren't even open source.
>
> *The notable exception being Reaper, which is very affordable and quite
> widely used these days.

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Iain Buclaw

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