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

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

On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 08:38, Vladimir Senkov wrote:
> Great work, awesome news!
> 
> Ideally we should get to a point on the roadmap when sample producers
> will be willing to take a particular LS release and approve it for their
> samples. Then we won't need a lot of testers/time and they could get
> maximum features back from LS.
> What are the minimum features for LS to get to that kind of acceptance?
> VSTi frontend, clusters, etc is all good stuff too, but I think to get
> to that point LS probably just need to implement all the requirements of
> the GIG format just like Christian said. So let's get a detailed TODO
> list published on that, slice it and go for it!
> I should be able to contribute at least every other weekend at this
> point.
> 
> Regards,
> Vladimir.
Hi,
   I'll respond just a bit to Benno's email a bit later this evening
when I get home, but in the meantime let me express complete agreement
with you. Let's work on an agreed upon TODO list that has the features
we all think would make the most impact right away.

   Since not too many people have GS3 yet, and since Tascam themselves
show the use of a second PC as the solution for Mac users, I'd like to
suggest that people in the Linux community consider just how hard it
will be to get Northern Sound types to build and run a Linux box if
they've never done it before. For this reason I was thinking that we
might try to find a few interested people in that community that want to
be early adopters and then give them some extra support. 

   I know that at least four of the high-volume posters on Northern
Sound live withing a 1 hour drive of where I live, so it's not out of
the question that I could lend some hands on support for them if they
need it, and time permitting.

   I also wonder about helping them with system configuration
(networking, Alsa, etc.) via ssh connections. If we could link up
specific people here with specific people in that community and build a
bridge by making their first trials easier and more successful, then
that would really get these folks to a more successful point more
quickly and, I think, speak well for both Open Source and the Linux
community in general.

   Remember, many will have never seen a Linux box. Many have no idea
that we can fix problems in LA from Northern California like I do on my
74 year old fathers Gentoo box. We're not black box hackers here. I hope
we can bring a few of these folks along.

   Just an idea.

cheers,
Mark