Mike (all).

RE ..you said 'why all this time spent discussing some $30 ARM device that runs LINUX?'

let me answer that…as follows.

there are lots of poor people in the world who would like to realise their dream of producing a song idea they had. but due to the cost of different hardware/software
platforms they cant. so in my book its exciting when low cost platforms come out. like the PI and Innovato etc etc.
particularly as there is NOW quite a lot of decent production software for linux…eg……check out ardour sometime.

https://www.tecmint.com/free-music-creation-or-audio-editing-softwares-for-linux/

frankly i find it all exciting. let me explain why.

altho' i was born in the UK, my early childhood was spent in Africa with my parents.
(i had a very interesting childhood )

many people on these forums can afford a nice recording 2k rig. but many people in africa and other countries just cant.
i feel its exciting if inexpensive products provide the capability for poor people to produce their songs.

in summary imho these are exciting times. it used to be only the 'big boys' could afford 'the toys'.
if biab and realband worked on the PI for example i would be over the moon.
Some companies like Reaper and Waveform already work on the PI.
maybe they see a market ??

happiness

om

my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)