Studio 13.37

I know you are looking at my 1 post, thinking I am just here for this topic and to sing the praises of Studio 13.37, but please read on...
I recently finished a 6 month project -- a feature film score that I produced using Ardour 3 (and Qtractor). The reason I am a "newbie" posting here is that I really have had no problems with Ardour 3. My distros have been another story, though...
This was the first time I committed to using a completely linux-based solution for a professional recording. But due to latency and XRUN issues in Ubuntu Studio and other distros, I begrudgingly installed the free version of the predecessor of 13.37, which was called Studio4. I don't even want to explain how much better it worked out-of-the-box. So much so that it made me angry and frustrated. Maybe two or three XRUNs in months of intensive use of Studio4...I get them once a minute in Ubuntu Studio even with nothing happening. Latency is over 60ms better in favor of Studio4 over a clean install of Ubuntu Studio on identical hardware. GRRRRRR.
The reason I am here is that I am a professional who recently committed to getting out of the windows/protools game. I am a lifelong linux user, and proponent of open-source and community development. I support developers whenever I can, but do not support the repackaging of software we see with studio 13.37. I LOVE Ardour 3, but unfortunately the distribution that gives me the best performance (by leaps and bounds) is Studio 4. I do not want to support the developer who is exploiting the spirit of open source development, but I can't afford to have XRUNs and high latency either. What am I to do?
The controversy around this distro should not cloud our judgement of its performance. Those who refuse to even try it because of the developer issue are missing something very important...and it seems that most of us hardcore linux folks are refusing to try it. And yet, MANY users are struggling with latency and XRUNS with the most common distros.
There is no reason we should not be able to "reverse engineer" the kernel and other improvements and release a new distro, right?? In a perfect world, I believe I should be able to download a distribution that boots to a completely optimized system that runs Ardour 3 to its maximum potential...not install Ardour 3 over a bloated distro that cripples it.
What is stopping a few of us from getting together and doing this? I am willing to commit the time, and my intermediate knowledge of the Puppy/Slacko system to making an "Ardour Distribution". What better way to stop the spread of people profiting from community development than to release an open distro that works even better?
In a nutshell, I am encouraging you to NOT support the "developer" of Studio 13.37...but I am also telling you that we need to learn why it does work so well and learn how to incorporate the improvements into existing (or new) distros. The stubbornness of the community on this issue is holding back potentially major improvements to the performance of Ardour on legitimate distributions.
Thanks for reading, and anyone with Puppy/Slacko knowledge who would like to get together and figure this out, please PM me!
And just to show you that I am not a creepy lurker, here is the trailer for the film... audio produced with Ardour/Qtractor (though I think the final mix studio used Mac software).
http://vimeo.com/68505392
Regards,
mightysween

saguan67 ha scritto:Ciao a tutti. Girando per il web mi sono imbattuto con questo S.O.. Ne sapete qualcosa? Qualcuno l'ha provato? Ha degli effettivi vantaggi su altre Distro?

as91 ha scritto:Non pensavo fosse a pagamento, studio4 non lo era...di quello cosa ne pensi?

as91 ha scritto:ma non sarebbe un po' moralmente e legalmente sbagliato creare una derivata e distribuirla a pagamento?