Re: [LAU] Bitwig: what we can learn from it

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 07:07:18PM +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
 
> OTOH, I'm not sure why it should matter at all given that you seem to
> have very little (if any) use for MIDI tracks. Given your background,
> we might as well argue whether Pianoteq is a blasphemy :)

It isn't in my view, because it's done rather well. BTW, some of
the research that went into it was done here in Parma. I wasn't
involved directly except for one recording session in the anechoic
room in Ferrara where we had to go out to all stationary shops in
the city to buy a few hundred rubber erasers, used to damp all the
strings in a Steinway grand (we needed the IR of the soundboard).

> The point is that free software could be made easier to use without
> (much) introducing the "dumbing down" aspect.

It could in some cases.

> The question is if developers choose the sorry status quo or
> if they are more open-minded.

It has more to do with available time and resources than with
open-mindedness. I will spend my time by trying to get the
best DSP code. And in some cases by trying to make something
more configurable and avoid artificial limits, even if that
makes the end result harder to use.

Ciao,

-- 
FA
A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)
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