Re: Sample sound clip from my notebook computer system

["Krispen Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>]

You are exactly right. In the same line of thought, VST effects and 
Reaktor 
ensebles are also created by hundreds of developers and provided for free. 
So once you get the host or base program, the sky is the limit after that. 
If I were a keyboard player, I'd definitely be using soft synths via my 
notebook. I think John McLaughlin went this route a while back with his 
synth guitar.

So the market appeal here is not a specific set of features in a patch or 
instrumnet, but the flexibility of the host. Find a host that will meet 
your 
needs, and then the rest is a scavenger hunt for your fovorite 
instruments, 
effects, ensembles, etc. It's a pretty cool idea...smart.

Kris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mark sottilaro" <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: Sample sound clip from my notebook computer system


> --- Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote:
>
>> Shall we develop the 12 steps to transitioning from
>> a hardware to notebook
>> guitar system? :)  First step: realizing that you
>> are addicted to hardware.
>
> I was thinking (am still) about this a lot as I have
> been looking at software that can replace some of my
> hardware synths.  I've always really dug synthesis and
> this has really invigorated my love for all things
> synth or processing.  Why?  Because it's no longer
> tied to hardware.
>
> Here's my case.  A few of us (and me) have been
> bashing Roland/Boss because of what we percieve as
> shortcomings on the RC-50.  Why?  Well because we feel
> that above all Roland is a company.  A big company
> with investors and a lot at stake to make them happy
> with dividend checks.  When they make something they
> think cash/feature.  If it's not something that will
> help sell more units, more often than not it's tossed
> to the curb.  Some suit says, "Let a boutique company
> like Looperlative Audio Research take care of that
> need."
>
> At the end of the day, they're right.
>
> But, along comes software processing/instruments.
> Here an inventor/programmer can make anything the fuck
> they want because other than the time and effort it
> will take them to code it there is no other expense
> incurred.  Features can be added and not a single
> sweatshop worker will have to solder a damn thing to
> make it happen.  Marketing?  Give betas away free and
> talk to as many lists as you can about why your
> product rocks and how interested you are in
> suggestions and be honest about what features you'll
> be adding in future revisions.
>
> In the end what you find is a healthy crop of really
> interesting and unique virtual devices that would
> probably never be economically viable as hardware but
> seem to be doing fine as software.  This is really,
> really exciting.  It's a great time for music, that's
> for sure.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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