YES! We lack a common place for templates and presets for linux audio applications. It would be nice if we had a kind of "distro" fed by users with no software packages but just presets, templates, scripts and quick instructions on how to use them. No audio, no video, just text, xml and the sort.But I see your point with making presets and templates available first. IIRC you are proposing a two stage approach:
Stage 1 would be "collecting" presets, templates etc. in one place where everyone can decide what to use. There can be little tutorials on how to use the presets etc. - maybe even linking to other files that are useful with it (just my initial thought) - and with time we come to
Stage 2, where developers can be motivated through the mass of presets and templates to incorporate things like LADISH into their programs/distros, which would make something like my proposed integrated session file possible.
So you propose to go to Stage 1 first, before thinking about Stage 2, in other words: Stage 2 would require Stage 1, am I right?
Yes, well, stage 2 is on the way to some extent. As an example, at least for ubuntu lucid, Falktx is distributing jack2 with dbus support and ladish, but ladish itself is being developed and it is just another option.
My point is not so that Stage 2 requires Stage1 but that Stage 1 is the thing we can try to do. If people is willing to share their presets and templates, programmers and distros might wish to merge them into their projects because we put things easier for them. And even if they don't, we are putting things easier not only for beginners. Anyone could find something useful.
EDIT: Webhosting should be relatively easy if we just don't put any audio or video files. It will be very light in terms of hard disk memory. I just don't know where to begin. I do have an idea on how to organize the directories and I surely will contribute with the few presets and templates I have for a few programs and some ladish studios that work reasonably well.
Linux audio is already getting easier. It is easier that it was when there were fewer users. The more people use it, the more people help each other, by documenting, reporting bugs, packaging, developing, showing their creations, answering questions...
Cheers! Pablo