3 title: Why write another DAW?
7 There are already a number of excellent digital audio workstations. To
8 mention just a few: ProTools, Nuendo, Samplitude, Digital Performer, Logic,
9 Cubase (SX), Sonar, along with several less well known systems such as
10 SADIE, SAWStudio and others.<br />
11 Each of these programs has its strengths and weaknesses, although over the
12 last few years most of them have converged on a very similar set of core
13 features. However, each of them suffers from two problems when seen from the
14 perspective of Ardour's development group:
17 <li>they do not run natively on Linux</li>
18 <li>they are not available in source code form, making modifications,
19 improvements, bugfixes by technically inclined users or their friends
20 or consultants impossible.</li>