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Gordon..

my…comments about linux…more of my odd opinions…lol…

..let's say win and mac os didnt exist and only linux os running the software listed in my link above…would this stop the abbey and martin and the beat wells ? i dont think it would. they would think they were in creation heaven compared to the limitations of recording gear in the 60's imho….
..i find it telling that some big daw names now run on linux. Are they odd too ? lol....i think it fair to say however
that some newbies to linux who dont know linux need a one click install approach....then bam...up comes the main screen with all the music apps.
..much as i love the new mac m processor tech…I could run a music rig on a refurb pc for a few hundred bucks…eg very powerful hp Z series or lenovo workstation series….both of which used to be used by big boy studios cos of xeon processor power etc…and in the process spend the 1.5 k saved on a stonking good interface and other gear….
(btw as an aside as you're into tech like me check out the sterling audio p30 mic videos on you tube. it has the gain booster built in..thus usefull re some low gain interface mic pre's..…friendly price too. )
..the daw battle i'm really watching for is on the PI. which already has big name daws running on it. Maybe I'm odd…but..as we see more powerful processors on PI (now PI 5)...i suspect we will see some interesting market situations develop….
..as to phones/tablets (my wife loves her motorola phone)...i remain a sceptic until the tech develops further. the underlying hardware platforms i feel need to evolve further.
I can't see them doing high track and plugin counts and running terabytes of pg content and bb and rb....etc etc.

(btw…mini ryzen pc is still rocking my world…my 3 songs in my sig were done useing it.
(thanks for suggesting mini pc's kudos.)
win or bb or rb boots from the cold in a few secs. and will do more tracks than I will ever use in a song. and amazing ultra ultra low dpc microsecond latency.
fyi it continues to amaze me that people still go out and buy any old pc without testing it and the inherent microsecond latency without adding any gear like sound interface etc. no wonder they often get probs.
it's not wins fault if the users pc has high dpc (and bloat…and a ton of background processes running that might interfere with the primary recording task etc….)...
fyi…here's a site that checks inherent pc dpc latency for loads of pc's.
from highest to lowest latencies.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/DPC-Latency-Ranking-Which-laptops-and-Windows-tablets-offer-the-lowest-latency.504376.0.html

as you can see it's a very interesting chart…highest down to lowest dpc.
maybe someone reading this will find it interesting.)

respect and happiness.

om