Or Bitwig. Small team having their full-featured product running on 3 platforms. Or OvertoneDSP for that matter. Or Loomer, u-he, DiscoDSP, Tracktion, MOK, Harrison (Mixbus32c specific features). No big teams there. Difference is that they are offering commercial products in a competitive environment. Not easy to compare that drive with doing LV2-only plugins in the spare time.CrocoDuck wrote:We can see what teams as small as that of Moddart can achieve with full time work.
Are there any big artists that use FOSS software?
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Re: Are there any big artists that use FOSS software?
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That was one of my statements in one of my first reactions.jonetsu wrote:It's more than obvious that artists' concerns are not about which OS the studio runs, let alone which plugins they use and which DAW they work with. An artist concern is totally different from that.
So who eventually decides with what that big artists will be recorded and mastered? The big compagnies.
That was part off the question, was it not? Big artists record in big studios on their software.jonetsu wrote:Nobody is saying that Linux is popular in pro studios. This is more than obvious.
Somebody said it. I did. Answering the question as it was asked. This was one of the first thing i said too. And i tried to explain why. Forced by the deciding big companies.
I am not trying to prove anything. I am just answering the question.jonetsu wrote:Not sure what you're trying to prove.
Most linux DAW software is easy to recognize when in a documentary a professional recording studio recording a known artist comes by. And i saw no other DAWs then like pro tools, ableton, cubase passing by. And they do not work with calf plugins so those are not used either. Simple.jonetsu wrote:This said and put aside, not sure how you would tell there's "linux on the screen".
But big artists once were small. And small artists many times have to work on budget. FOSS is budget. So with the linux which is FOSS usage statistics in mind it can't be otherwise then that there must be big artists who recorded some of their first songs on FOSS software when they still were small.
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Re: Are there any big artists that use FOSS software?
Could be. Or like someone said here elsewhere, everyone is pirating. Even pro musicians he knows are using pirated software.zoco wrote:But big artists once were small. And small artists many times have to work on budget. FOSS is budget. So with the linux which is FOSS usage statistics in mind it can't be otherwise then that there must be big artists who recorded some of their first songs on FOSS software when they still were small.
Re: Are there any big artists that use FOSS software?
That was me too who said that. On the first page already. What was the discussion about? Haha.jonetsu wrote:Could be. Or like someone said here elsewhere, everyone is pirating. Even pro musicians he knows are using pirated software.zoco wrote:But big artists once were small. And small artists many times have to work on budget. FOSS is budget. So with the linux which is FOSS usage statistics in mind it can't be otherwise then that there must be big artists who recorded some of their first songs on FOSS software when they still were small.
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Re: Are there any big artists that use FOSS software?
I don't know. I explicitly mentioned elsewhere, eg. not in this thread. I was referring to the Russian guy (I think it was 'Alex the bassist', not sure but easy to find as it was relatively recent) who mentioned that, and to whom I replied, and it was not your pseudo at all. I would be hard-pressed to consider you are Russianzoco wrote:That was me too who said that. On the first page already. What was the discussion about? Haha.jonetsu wrote: Could be. Or like someone said here elsewhere, everyone is pirating. Even pro musicians he knows are using pirated software.
Re: Are there any big artists that use FOSS software?
You actually said [uhere elsewhere[/u]. Which can be read as here in this topic elsewhere which i did.jonetsu wrote:I don't know. I explicitly mentioned elsewhere, eg. not in this thread.zoco wrote:That was me too who said that. On the first page already. What was the discussion about? Haha.jonetsu wrote: Could be. Or like someone said here elsewhere, everyone is pirating. Even pro musicians he knows are using pirated software.
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But eventually you seem to agree with what i said so still, whats this discussion about?
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Re: Are there any big artists that use FOSS software?
Yes, it can be misleading. 'Here' is Linux Musicians and 'elsewhere' is somewhere else than this thread, which is what the usage of both terms confers. But then it's possible that one cannot bridge the terms and stops at 'here' then goes on with 'elsewhere' without bridging them to form a composite expression.zoco wrote:You actually said [uhere elsewhere[/u]. Which can be read as here in this topic elsewhere which i did.jonetsu wrote:I don't know. I explicitly mentioned elsewhere, eg. not in this thread.zoco wrote: That was me too who said that. On the first page already. What was the discussion about? Haha.
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But eventually you seem to agree with what i said so still, whats this discussion about?
'Here AND elsewhere' specifically transmits the expression of two distinct locations.
So, so far no "big artists" were reported to use FOSS isn't it, let alone "big name artists".
Re: Are there any big artists that use FOSS software?
As we will never know, as they will never tell. But there must be. Can't be otherwise.jonetsu wrote:So, so far no "big artists" were reported to use FOSS isn't it, let alone "big name artists".
Just like none of them tells he or she recorded with protools, ableton or cubase. Anyone knows with which DAW Arianne Grande's songs are recorded? Would she know herself?
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If we stick to 'big artists' then at least we can get the first step of the research done by putting them on a scale and weighing them.zoco wrote:As we will never know, as they will never tell. But there must be. Can't be otherwise.jonetsu wrote:So, so far no "big artists" were reported to use FOSS isn't it, let alone "big name artists".
Just like none of them tells he or she recorded with protools, ableton or cubase. Anyone knows with which DAW Arianne Grande's songs are recorded? Would she know herself?
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What about setting up a crowdfunding to reward the first big artist that makes an album fully with FOSS software? It's like spending money on marketing.
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Maybe one track might be more realistic.Basslint wrote:What about setting up a crowdfunding to reward the first big artist that makes an album fully with FOSS software? It's like spending money on marketing.
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The thing is, the "big artist" works with "big producers" and those will require a LOT of money to step out of their usual working tools and learn something new, even though the concepts regarding audio are the same. And to ask them using only FOSS plugins ? And put their names on the production when their name is part of their income ?
It has to be a brave one.
It has to be a brave one.
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Re: Are there any big artists that use FOSS software?
Alec Empire!jonetsu wrote: It has to be a brave one.
Not only is he a very hardcore dude, he also has worked with different machines including a Nintendo Game Boy in the past.
And maybe he'd like to switch from Atari and Linux would suit him well
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NiceBasslint wrote:Alec Empire!jonetsu wrote: It has to be a brave one.
Is the MOD the only hardware to use linux? I would have thought it has been used in some samplers and synths?
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Re: Are there any big artists that use FOSS software?
Probably not, but embedded Linux is a separate thing from GNU/Linux. If a musician uses hardware that runs Linux, that doesn't help promote Linux much - Linux already runs on most smartphones and servers, in a way it "already won" as a kernel.sysrqer wrote:NiceBasslint wrote:Alec Empire!jonetsu wrote: It has to be a brave one.
Is the MOD the only hardware to use linux? I would have thought it has been used in some samplers and synths?
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