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pramos wrote on 2/19/2000, 5:57 AM
To even suggest that Linux is a "stable operating system" for
multimedia work is approaching obscene.

But that's just IMHO formed from seven years of work with Linux. Step
off the bandwagon and look at the facts first.

Also, IMHO, Vegas is already written native (*not* ported!!!) for a
stable operating system ... Windows NT. My stability and up-time on
NT (and even on 9x) keeps me more than happy.

Most people who've taken the time to properly configure their systems
for the work that Vegas is used for, have been reporting strong up-
time and stability.

linux wrote:
>>Ever think of porting Vegas to a stable operating
>>system?
pepper8 wrote on 2/20/2000, 4:37 PM
I too have had tremendous success with vegas on win 9x systems. but
what about a possible port over to BeOs. That system is supposed to
run multimedia far better than mac or wintel.-kenrick
Peter Ramos wrote:
>>To even suggest that Linux is a "stable operating system" for
>>multimedia work is approaching obscene.
>>
>>But that's just IMHO formed from seven years of work with Linux.
Step
>>off the bandwagon and look at the facts first.
>>
>>Also, IMHO, Vegas is already written native (*not* ported!!!) for a
>>stable operating system ... Windows NT. My stability and up-time on
>>NT (and even on 9x) keeps me more than happy.
>>
>>Most people who've taken the time to properly configure their
systems
>>for the work that Vegas is used for, have been reporting strong up-
>>time and stability.
>>
>>linux wrote:
>>>>Ever think of porting Vegas to a stable operating
>>>>system?
pwppch wrote on 2/20/2000, 5:23 PM
When Vegas plays at anything other a rate of 1.0, we drop out of the
fx processing path. The overhead of scrubbing has a lot to do with
this, but the way fx work can cause more problems than it is worth
and limits streaming.

We will be looking a work around for this, but today, we stop
processing fx when streaming at anything other than 1.0.

As an aside, we also don't mix to file or render at anything other
than 1.0. The scrubbing tool is for editing help.

Peter


James Johnson wrote:
>>Does anyone have a workaround for running DX plugins on a
>>project that I am running at a rate of .5? The sound is
>>right were I want it and I now would like to apply eq and
>>the like for final mixdown. Thanks for any help you can
>>offer.....
>>
>>James
zeromusic wrote on 2/21/2000, 11:32 AM
Thanks for the reply Peter. I Worked around it by playing it back via
lightpipe to ADAT and the inserting the new tracks at 1.0 rate.
However, I would love to see implementation of DX FX at a rate above
or below 1.0. This would be very nice!!

James

Peter Haller wrote:
>>When Vegas plays at anything other a rate of 1.0, we drop out of the
>>fx processing path. The overhead of scrubbing has a lot to do with
>>this, but the way fx work can cause more problems than it is worth
>>and limits streaming.
>>
>>We will be looking a work around for this, but today, we stop
>>processing fx when streaming at anything other than 1.0.
>>
>>As an aside, we also don't mix to file or render at anything other
>>than 1.0. The scrubbing tool is for editing help.
>>
>>Peter
karlc wrote on 2/21/2000, 5:47 PM
Hmmm ... Looks like all the OS/2 zealots did was change stripes, but
they're still just as rude as ever. Anyway to get rid of that big H1
header? It looks pretty harsh on my screen ... which was the intended
effect, I am sure. :)

KAC...

linux wrote:
>>Ever think of porting Vegas to a stable operating
>>system?
Vid_Nut wrote on 2/23/2000, 8:04 AM
L I N U X wrote:

>>Karl Caillouet wrote:
>>>> Anyway to get rid of that big H1
>>>>header? It looks pretty harsh on my screen ... which was the
>>intended
>>>>effect, I am sure. :)
>>
>>I'll give ya an H2 this time instead.
>>
>>If being loud and obnoxious raises corporate awareness that
>>there is a growing consumer demand for linux products,
>>then I've accomplished my goal.

YOU might feel a growing demand for Linux products, most other people
don't.

As a sound designer and musician I've repeatedly chosen Windows over
other operating systems, based on first- second- and third-party
opinions.

Windows (especially NT and 2K) is stable enough as long as you don't
mess around with it, it's easy to use and it's reached a firm stage
in its metamorphosis; for all we know, the abundance of Linux
distributions available to the end user accomplish nothing but
confusion.

Remember something. While many artists double as hard- and software
wizzez due to the technical complexity of computer aided / based
audio production, that's not supposed to be a requirement for using a
computer in your audio line of work. The millions spent on developing
comprehensive high-intuition software are not wasted, the creative
process is very fragile.

To put it bluntly: The less messing around, the better the music.

In three to five years' time the Linux platform might have stopped
fidgeting around enough to be considered a serious alternative to
Windows and MacOS, but anyone who today claims Linux to be a stable
operative systems with good multimedia performance and hardware
compability will absolutely end up on my "people who don't know jack
sh*t"-list.