http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAmFOvXYrEQ&feature=player_embedded
.Been hunting around for LADSPA plugins for Jokosher, and I'm afraid there don't appear to be many in an easily accessible state. In fact the overall impression I get from searching for audio editing and mixing tools in Ubuntu is that a lot of work needs to be done to take Linux sound development to the next level. It is sad to see so much promise but also so little delivery from the community. I guess, just because an audio project is out there (Jokosher apparently has LADSPA support) doesn't mean that the developers are obliged to create plugins for UBUNTU.
Think about this as a broader project than the simple nuts and bolts supplied with each edition of Ubuntu. FOSS projects like Audacity and Jokosher need help and cooperation from the community if we are to have anywhere close to the kind of power as proprietary operating systems such as Windows and OSX.
Audacity IMHO suffers from a geeky and difficult interface, today I booted it up, only to find the sound was staggering, stuttering and spluttering because of the ALSA vs Pulseaudio vs Gstreamer fiasco which continues to prevail in Ubuntu.
Times like this I wish there was just one architect in Linux, because competing architectures are really hurting. For example, one setup works for the browser and some basic sound applications such as Rhytmbox, but the same setup doesn't work for other tools. Divergent development paths are creating a form of schizophrenia in Ubuntu. Hopefully Maverick and Narwhal will resolve the audio dilemma many users face.
How then can we promote community involvement? Instead of promoting desktop eyecandy we should be promoting better skins, plugins and interfaces for the applications we most love and need.
Again drag 'n drop interfaces that allow seamless dragging of files between applications is taken for granted in other operating systems. Why can't we do this in Ubuntu? Perhaps if all the code below a certain level was coloured RED and other code BLUE we could overcome the tendency to get lost in the void which is Linux development? Jokosher however, has a great drag 'n drop interface -- you can drop files you want to load nto the programme instead of using the file menu.
Just my piece for Saturday August 21, 2010
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