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On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:22:38 +0800

Ng Oon-Ee  wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-07-11 at 15:42 +0200, Atte André Jensen wrote:

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> > On 2010-07-11 13:51, Andrew C wrote:

> > > Heck, even

> > > Mac OS X has more in common with linux than windows does, and I'm not

> > > seeing people going 'Why can't I run Ableton on this Mac? Ugh it sucks

> > > big time, I won't bother with it!'.

> >

> > First: I only run linux, never tried Ableton Live, but would like to.

> >

> > To answer (or comment) what you wrote there:

> >

> > 1) If you need ableton live, you need ableton live, and if it won't work

> > on OS-however-nice it stops right there, at least for some people.

>

> Yes, if you're used to (and have spent hours learning) an app that does

> all you want, why would you want to learn another one, with a different

> design philosophy and different (maybe inferior) feature-set?

>

> Most people have ROI on their minds. If spending all this time learning

> Linux and this new app is just going to bring me to the same level of

> functionality that I already have, why bother?

But that frame of mind is a trap (one I've fallen into myself a few

times) especially for anyone with claims of creativity. The very fact

of trying something different and working in a way that is not familiar

and 'automatic' can dramatically expand your capabilities.
Does what I want (why should I change?)
1991	SY22

1991	Acorn Risc PC as a sequencer

1992	Sound Canvas

1995	QS300

2002	PC running linux as a sequencer

2006	ZynAddSubFX (major wake-up)
I do try other software and hardware stuff from time to time, to make

sure I don't get complacent again, if for no other reason!
Oh, and recently I've gone back to guitar playing after a 35 year

break - my poor fingers :o
--

Will J Godfrey

http://www.musically.me.uk

Say you have a poem and I have a tune.

Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.

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