14 DAY TRIAL // I presume that 99.998% of the planetary audio runs on Windows and Mac; the rest is Linux, Symbian or whatever and most of the people really don't care about the rest. Now, I've been talking with one of my colleagues at work about why does Linux suck so much when it comes to audio; and the only answer close to perfection and truth was that nobody really cared enough to develop the audio-side of Linux!
I mean, there are so many facets of Linux which outrun both mac and Windows by far and all the enormous number of people who have developed Linux have concentrated their efforts on making it better in so many ways... except in the audio part. Fact is that nobody really cared for this matter and only now - as new and "human" Linux has begun spreading across the world - did people realize they've f***ing forgot completely about making Linux audio-friendly.
Now, it looks like thing are finally getting set in motion by some (again) daring minds. If someone would have mentioned to me some 1 year ago the words "Linux" and "DAW" in the same sentence different to "Linux and DAW is a silly association" I guess I would have laughed my pants off. Now, I wouldn't any more because of the Trinity. Not the heavenly trinity but The Trinity.
Ronald Stewart, the creator of Trinity has made improvements to the last year edition of the portable recording Linux-powered device. It has USB connectivity and as Stewart declared, the device worked "for 7 hours (3.5 hours battery/3.5 hours on wall power supply) with zero hangs and everything worked under various multiple applications running. USB device such as Oxygen worked great and even controlled the Amsynth's filter knobs" (Create Digital Music).
Now, besides the traditional box the Trinity had, a lot of other things came next to it and transformed the whole setup into more human-like, studio-like, creation-like, whatever-you-like ensemble, as you can see in the picture: a keyboard controller, vinyl spinner and so on. Even more interesting is what's on the small screen: a DAW-like interface! On two channels only, it's true, but come on, people, it's Linux, it's one of the first attempts?
The piece of code you see there is actually the open source Audacity - hopefully we'll get to see it developing into a serious DAW application, with as many tracks as the person behind the keyboard can handle and VST/DX-like third party software making really good use of Linux's capabilities.
So far, I can't say anything but express my joy seeing Linux making its first steps in the audio world. I am really waiting for the day when Linux will be able to handle serious, professional-grade sound applications and people will use it to make good music and expand multimedia boundaries even further. Now, in the end, don't get me wrong: I am not at all a Linux enthusiast, but I am an audio and soundtech-guy to the bone.
