Agreed! Luckily I was able to purchase a license from a bloke after Muzys was off the market. I still use it for doing some live stuff (with the Loop Pools it's a blast to use and easier than trying to do something similar in either FLS or eXT).Z3R0T0N1N wrote:i don't think i understand this at all. Muzys was the best out there, bar none.
But at this point I must say... "JO LIVES?!?"
Shit... I thought he done jumped off a bridge or something after a split with a supermodel the way Muzys vanished from the scene.
That said I would love to see Muzys make a comeback with a few of the features we know it could use (hard-disk streaming #1 if you release a sequencer). I think it would be a hit on OSX but the PC market is so flooded now in the sequencer market. Who knows, maybe Linux would be an avenue (I'd rather take a souped up cheap Linux laptop to a gig than a $2k Titanium Powerbook)?
Considering it's late '05 a Muzys type tool focusing on live work (expanded Playroom and Loop Pool) with the integrated Muzynth, beat-slicer and mixer would be nice. But instead of including a Song Pool with focus on the 'Studio' concept include an 'algorythmic groove generator' which would allow for composers to whip up fractal type gruvs on-the-fly and route them thru Muzynth or loaded VSTi's. Seems like you should focus on a specialized power app of some sort (I would say something more akin to TERA with it's uber-synths and built-in sequencer) rather than creating another "all-in-one" studio (too many on the market and apps like Podium are the next level of studio sequencers).
I think some kind of video integration would be groovy as well. VJing isn't popular in the States but there should be a market for it in European scene.
Muzys had such good workflow that it makes sense to build on that. What we need as computer musicians are stable hosts rather than more plug-ins (I'm plug-ined out!).
A host with "dynamic live smarts" (ability to decrease voice count in VSTs, freeze/unfreeze audio streams, etc) to keep from crashing on stage would be nice.
Ok, thinking about it here's an idea, release Muzynth as a standalone VST as a 1st step. I'm sure there are ppl who would pay $100+ for a semi-modular synth-sampler which loads .wav, .aif, & .sf2 formats + has microtuning tables and a battery of built-in FX.
Make available a large Muzynth preset/sample set which is backwards compatible with Muzys 3+ (that would build a little good faith for those of us who feel "dumped" and stuck with our current version).
If that goes well then release a 'live' sequencing product (name it something cool like `Mutatis`) with all the benefits of Muzys (great workflow, Player zones, Pools, mixer, etc), offer an upgrade price to purchasers of Muzynth (which would naturally integrate with said sequencer) and build from there.
Stick with your strengths; the power of Muzynth and the workflow of Muzys and you'll do ok.
Most of all think about your business model and the price + # of units sold it will take to stay in business.
Thanks for making a comeback Jo!!
