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