[PlanetCCRMA] PlanetCCRMA vs the mainstream

[Mario Torre]

Mark Knecht wrote:

> Bummer. I would have enjoyed reading it.
> 
> I think from a pure marketing POV he's probably right. There isn't a
> lot new in terms of app names in the last year. There are now much
> more stable apps, but that probably doesn't sell magazines.
> 
> Linux Audio is so fragmented it's hard for new people to get their
> hands around it, and so many of the apps are so obscure that they are
> likely not well understood in a few paragraphs. And still we do not
> have a single 'go to' app to replace Pro Tools/Cubase/etc. so many
> people wouldn't even attempt to use this as a platform. It's FAR too
> hard from a new user perspective.
> 
> That said, we need more articles out there to attract more people. I
> hope you don't give up.
> 
> - Mark
> 

Hi!

I have read only the last two post on this topic (I have lost some mails 
  in the last days...), so this mail probaily is offtopic, but this 
discussione makes me think that what is needed in the linux audio 
community is a news site that every weeks shows how to do things you do 
in other platform in linux.

There are lots of resources, blogs, and documentation, but all that is 
so fragmented (as stated above).

I think we need something like linux journal but focused only on linux 
audio.

It could describe, for example, how to make samples and with which 
programs and how to record them in ardour. The problem is to have a site 
that is updated, with periodics and scheduled releases (like a paper), 
for example two times a month, so users could expect it and read it, and 
contribute to it if they wish.

It should not be just linux (for example, it may shows how to use an 
external compressor or how to connect a completely analogical mixer), 
just replacing the daw part of the article (that is a windows pc or mac) 
with a linux box.

Here in Italy (I know in many countries is the same) we have at least 
two magazines about digital music recording and production, and they 
rarely talk about linux, even though many articles can be applied to all 
platform (just replacing the tool or the set of tools used).

Ciao!
Mario