[ubuntu-studio-users] FireWire, Canonical, Apple MacOS, Opportunity for Ubuntu Studio

[Jim Hicinbothom]

Pro audio world impacted hugely by Apple dropping FireWire support from 
MacOS.   Seems to me that this is a HUGE opportunity if someone has 
funding to invest in Ubuntu Studio to fully support and RESCUE pro audio 
FireWire gear.

What do you think?  Anyone from Canonical monitoring this list? This 
resonates STRONGLY with the ethos of linux, IMHO.

Imagine, with a beta of another significant DAW (PreSonus Studio One) 
now testing on Ubuntu-based boxes, if a BETTER way to do pro audio, in 
real pro audio studios, using massive amounts of old but fully 
functional FireWire based gear, with UbuntuStudio running on, say new 
AMD hardware with the new XDNA AI Engines and DSP/FPGA capabilities AMD 
now has in-house.  All for MUCH LESS initial capital than is required to 
make a whole studio Apple-hardware-based....

I truly believe there is a significant opportunity here to support a lot 
of suddenly otherwise useless gear that's still totally functional.  
Leverage this gear for both pro audio and for other content creators who 
might also benefit.  Lowering the entry price for MAKING, CREATING, is a 
key reason I've supported linux since it started.  I presume that's also 
a key part of why y'all are interested in UbuntuStudio, too.

Here's the story:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCivQie5tME

PreSonus Studio One beta on Ubuntu: 
https://www.phoronix.com/news/PreSonus-Studio-One-On-Linux

Disclaimer:  I am NOT a pro audio guy, at all.  So keep your salt shaker 
handy.