Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] LinuxSampler & sample library producers NAMM report

[Mark K. <mar...@co...>]

On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 09:08, Mark Constable wrote:
> Just use a Wiki so it's generally useful for all kinds of 
> docs and notes. I run http://alsa.opensrc.org and it's been
> getting 1/2 dozen edits a day now for the last few months.
> It dribbled along at 3 or 4 edits a week for a couple of 
> years but now it's really cookin.
> 
> --markc

Hi,
   I really like the idea of a Wiki for more experienced users, but I'm
concerned that for new users much of the info I've tried from the Alsa
Wikis isn't correct and doesn't work, or is mostly correct but because
of the poster isn't clear or not totally correct for specific sound
cards, etc. For instance, comments about alsamixer are no longer useful
for any of the RME HDSP line of cards, but that stuff never makes it
there.

   I think that in the case of LS, where we are specifically trying to
attract people away from the Windows world, that we should take extra
special care and make sure that the Wiki contents are very accurate and
clear. The Linux mantras about RTFM and joining mailing lists are likely
to be a bad solution for a busy Windows/GS library developer who knows
nothign about Linux and is trying this as a demo.

   If this can be done in a Wiki, either automatically or by hand, then
great, but if not then I'd vote for a more controlled set of web pages
with FAQ's and instructions written and tested by the group.

   BTW - can a LS GUI not point a user right to the LS home page, or to
support? Can this work well from the Windows VSTi GUI?

Cheers,
Mark