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Subject:Linux Ideas Posted by: Dale_Maxfield Date:2/11/2000 7:02:00 PM I've seen that some other folks are interested in a Linux port of SoundForge. Let me say this: I have been extremely happy with Soundforge in the Windows environments. It creates a wonderfully cost effective alternative to Digidesign's Pro Tools, which for a long while was a Mac-only program. This saved people from spending tons of money on a Mac just to enjoy a good editing suite. Sound Forge rocks on Windows!! Now to the Linux side; I've been using Linux for about a year now on my home machine, and find it great for web surfing, development, and anything not involving multimedia. It's iffy-at-best sound card and audio hardware support make it light years from Windows in that arena. (I dare you to hook your Layla hardware up to Linux!!) What I would like to see, from Sounic Foundry or even another source is a program that does batch compiling of Sound Forge processes. For example, rather than a full GUI port of Sound Forge to Linux (nearly impossible because of DirectX incompatibility) I'd love to see a command line program that would do things like: Scan and normalize files, convert them between different formats, compression, effects, and so on. In this way, you could have a Windows box to do your graphical editing, and then send the files to a Linux "server side" app that would grab the file, scan it, normalize it, convert it to MP3 format and store it on a shared hard drive. This allows Windows to do what it's best at (support hardware, ease of use) and give Linux power users the extra processing oomph we all seem to want. I'd be more than happy to discuss the idea further with any other users/Sonic Foundry reps about these possibilities, as well as put people in touch with various Linux developers who might be interested in this solution. Once again, Sonic Foundry rocks... Keep up the great product solutions!! Regards, Dale Maxfield Secret Government Records scarecrow@hyperchat.com
Subject:Re: Linux Ideas Reply by: Loonie Date:10/30/2000 5:52:00 PM A BeOS version would be nice too. ^_^ Dale Maxfield wrote: >>I've seen that some other folks are interested in a Linux >>port of SoundForge. Let me say this: >> >>I have been extremely happy with Soundforge in the Windows >>environments. It creates a wonderfully cost effective >>alternative to Digidesign's Pro Tools, which for a long >>while was a Mac-only program. This saved people from >>spending tons of money on a Mac just to enjoy a good >>editing suite. Sound Forge rocks on Windows!! >> >>Now to the Linux side; I've been using Linux for about a >>year now on my home machine, and find it great for web >>surfing, development, and anything not involving >>multimedia. It's iffy-at-best sound card and audio >>hardware support make it light years from Windows in that >>arena. (I dare you to hook your Layla hardware up to >>Linux!!) >> >>What I would like to see, from Sounic Foundry or even >>another source is a program that does batch compiling of >>Sound Forge processes. >> >>For example, rather than a full GUI port of Sound Forge to >>Linux (nearly impossible because of DirectX >>incompatibility) I'd love to see a command line program >>that would do things like: Scan and normalize files, >>convert them between different formats, compression, >>effects, and so on. In this way, you could have a Windows >>box to do your graphical editing, and then send the files >>to a Linux "server side" app that would grab the file, scan >>it, normalize it, convert it to MP3 format and store it on >>a shared hard drive. This allows Windows to do what it's >>best at (support hardware, ease of use) and give Linux >>power users the extra processing oomph we all seem to want. >> >>I'd be more than happy to discuss the idea further with any >>other users/Sonic Foundry reps about these possibilities, >>as well as put people in touch with various Linux >>developers who might be interested in this solution. >> >>Once again, Sonic Foundry rocks... Keep up the great >>product solutions!! >> >>Regards, >>Dale Maxfield >>Secret Government Records >>scarecrow@hyperchat.com

Subject:Linux Ideas

Date:2/11/2000 7:02:00 PM

I've seen that some other folks are interested in a Linux
port of SoundForge. Let me say this:

I have been extremely happy with Soundforge in the Windows
environments. It creates a wonderfully cost effective
alternative to Digidesign's Pro Tools, which for a long
while was a Mac-only program. This saved people from
spending tons of money on a Mac just to enjoy a good
editing suite. Sound Forge rocks on Windows!!

Now to the Linux side; I've been using Linux for about a
year now on my home machine, and find it great for web
surfing, development, and anything not involving
multimedia. It's iffy-at-best sound card and audio
hardware support make it light years from Windows in that
arena. (I dare you to hook your Layla hardware up to
Linux!!)

What I would like to see, from Sounic Foundry or even
another source is a program that does batch compiling of
Sound Forge processes.

For example, rather than a full GUI port of Sound Forge to
Linux (nearly impossible because of DirectX
incompatibility) I'd love to see a command line program
that would do things like: Scan and normalize files,
convert them between different formats, compression,
effects, and so on. In this way, you could have a Windows
box to do your graphical editing, and then send the files
to a Linux "server side" app that would grab the file, scan
it, normalize it, convert it to MP3 format and store it on
a shared hard drive. This allows Windows to do what it's
best at (support hardware, ease of use) and give Linux
power users the extra processing oomph we all seem to want.

I'd be more than happy to discuss the idea further with any
other users/Sonic Foundry reps about these possibilities,
as well as put people in touch with various Linux
developers who might be interested in this solution.

Once again, Sonic Foundry rocks... Keep up the great
product solutions!!

Regards,
Dale Maxfield
Secret Government Records
scarecrow@hyperchat.com

Subject:Re: Linux Ideas

Reply by: Loonie

Date:10/30/2000 5:52:00 PM

A BeOS version would be nice too. ^_^

Dale Maxfield wrote:
>>I've seen that some other folks are interested in a Linux
>>port of SoundForge. Let me say this:
>>
>>I have been extremely happy with Soundforge in the Windows
>>environments. It creates a wonderfully cost effective
>>alternative to Digidesign's Pro Tools, which for a long
>>while was a Mac-only program. This saved people from
>>spending tons of money on a Mac just to enjoy a good
>>editing suite. Sound Forge rocks on Windows!!
>>
>>Now to the Linux side; I've been using Linux for about a
>>year now on my home machine, and find it great for web
>>surfing, development, and anything not involving
>>multimedia. It's iffy-at-best sound card and audio
>>hardware support make it light years from Windows in that
>>arena. (I dare you to hook your Layla hardware up to
>>Linux!!)
>>
>>What I would like to see, from Sounic Foundry or even
>>another source is a program that does batch compiling of
>>Sound Forge processes.
>>
>>For example, rather than a full GUI port of Sound Forge to
>>Linux (nearly impossible because of DirectX
>>incompatibility) I'd love to see a command line program
>>that would do things like: Scan and normalize files,
>>convert them between different formats, compression,
>>effects, and so on. In this way, you could have a Windows
>>box to do your graphical editing, and then send the files
>>to a Linux "server side" app that would grab the file, scan
>>it, normalize it, convert it to MP3 format and store it on
>>a shared hard drive. This allows Windows to do what it's
>>best at (support hardware, ease of use) and give Linux
>>power users the extra processing oomph we all seem to want.
>>
>>I'd be more than happy to discuss the idea further with any
>>other users/Sonic Foundry reps about these possibilities,
>>as well as put people in touch with various Linux
>>developers who might be interested in this solution.
>>
>>Once again, Sonic Foundry rocks... Keep up the great
>>product solutions!!
>>
>>Regards,
>>Dale Maxfield
>>Secret Government Records
>>scarecrow@hyperchat.com