Are we living the dream yet? (tech wise)

[projectdan]

Years ago (not so many years ago actually) I used to imagine just how good music tech would get in future, and how if I had access to all that stuff I would be in music tech making heaven.

This was when computers werent upto running everything realtime and bouncing to WAV was essential all the time to get a full track done. I imagined that computers would do most things in realtime and how it would be modular, have all sorts of synthesis techniques at our disposal and virtually limitless effects routing options etc, and maybe we could even have software that would allow us to build our own synths and effects low level. And that all of this would be very affordable without being rich.
Well arent we pretty much there now? What do you think? Have we arrived at a music making software utopia (tech wise) or are we some way off still?

I personally think we have arrived. Sure it will get better still, but we have reached a landmark, and have got it bloody good!

[CypherOne]

I still need to bounce a lot of files to finish a track and I get crashes from time to time so hardly nirvana. But I have more synths than I can eat and it's all way more affordable than hardware.

[Rangtangtang]

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[projectdan]

Yes Im aware there is plenty that still needs to be bounced to WAV (mega synths and convolution etc) but a short while ago even the simplest VSTs needed to be bounced all the time to get several tracks going at once, and this is something that has been passed.

[9b0]

For me bouncing is not a problem. I'm in heaven already, because i can use as many tracks as i want to.

[CypherOne]

actually it's not really a problem, it kind of leads to the way I work anyway, but it can be limiting/time consuming at the same time. But humans being what we are, there's always room for improvement.

[Rangtangtang]

I like to digress a little bit, I saw a story on the news the other day where a man was able, with the help of technology, able to make an object on the screen move, whith no hands - all brain power?????

[bluedad]

I could only dream about this stuff 20 years ago. It is nirvana to me..and in between doing gigs with my laptop, last night the thought occurred to me to use the laptop with my daw to run the complex Reaktor instruments.

[Jbravo]

yes I'm living the dream. I wanted a fairlight that could play samples - was only £30,000 at the time, and a studio for making complete records out of any sound I could get my hands on. Now I can make a cd without getting out of my chair

[Redmerkurii]

I like to digress a little bit, I saw a story on the news the other day where a man was able, with the help of technology, able to make an object on the screen move, whith no hands - all brain power?????

What, are we talking about a voice command system or did the man use his feet instead or did he have like a prodding stick thing strapped onto his forehead so he could tap out stuff on his keyboard?

FWIW, Anyone remember the cool operating system that Tom Cruise used on the movie Minority Report? Them glove things coupled with the holographic interface and a bit of voice command stuff thrown in as well. Now that kind of shit I think could get anyone to flow. Even your granny(if she aint dead that is)

[respirator]

I like to digress a little bit, I saw a story on the news the other day where a man was able, with the help of technology, able to make an object on the screen move, whith no hands - all brain power?????

What, are we talking about a voice command system or did the man use his feet instead or did he have like a prodding stick thing strapped onto his forehead so he could tap out stuff on his keyboard?

Nope. For an example see this: http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,66259,00.html

Regarding the subject: We've come incredible far when compared to the past, and just barely in the infancy of technological possibilities compared to the future

[BONES]

I have been in tech nirvana for about 5 years now, since I started using ORION. I've never once run out of CPU, and now we have a new beta with SSE optimizations that saves another 30%. More recently, I can make my own instruments that do exactly everything I need and are laid out exactly how I want them. I can take everything I need to perform live without having to pay excess baggage and without having to compromise on anything, thanks to the added brilliance of my new Micron.

[Rangtangtang]

No, he wae a paraplegic wearing a special helmet.
The object could be a mouse pointer and the program could be fruityloops???????????? Obviously tapping out a rythem would be rather impossible but clicking things on and off would be possible.

[nuffink]

No, he wae a paraplegic wearing a special helmet.

Nah, they're just his sunglasses.

[Redmerkurii]

Regarding the subject: We've come incredible far when compared to the past, and just barely in the infancy of technological possibilities compared to the future

couldn't agree more, remember when digital watches were like the main shit.them 18 carat gold jobs with the L.E.D. display for serious money and then like twenty or so years later you could get em with a LCD display and a plastic wristband for about 20p from one of them bubblygum machines. man I cant wait for the day I get me Tom Cruise OS for the price of a Mars Bar or something. Techno nirvana come to papa