Announcing Poly-Ana 1.13. Receptor compatible!

[eduardo_b]

I try to moderate lightly when possible because KVR has traditionally been a fairly rough and wild place, and it wouldn't do to turn it into My Safe Music Playplace.

[Meffy]

Or, if you prefer, Kiddies' Virtual Romper-room. Wouldn't do at all, would it?

Anyway, how 'bout that Poly-Ana, huh? Think it'll make the playoffs this year?

[buscemi]

Just offer a refund if people don't like the way it is done here I've worked for free online services/sites in the past and that was always the "behind-the-scenes" answer for people who were quite demanding and ill-informed as to what they were getting for free: Offer to give them a refund. I wish we had opted to actually do this just to see the reaction.

[Bryan@MuseResearch]

Or, if you prefer, Kiddies' Virtual Romper-room. Wouldn't do at all, would it?

Anyway, how 'bout that Poly-Ana, huh? Think it'll make the playoffs this year?

Depends on who's coaching?

I don't know if we should apologize or pat ourselves on the back for not stepping in earlier on this...

I'll say this: anyone who owns a Receptor or has met anyone or had any professional dealings with Muse Research or Ben on the KVR side knows how committed we are to promoting the market for software plug-ins. in the particular case of Receptor, a huge number of our customers are NOT computer geeks and have had their lives changed when they discovered how cool and great sounding virtual instruments are compared to hardware synths. Don't think anyone on this site would disagree with us there. Virtual instruments, effects, and bald guys, rule!

As for cracks, its unfortunate that a simple website oversight turned into such... enthusiastic discussion? I won't even dignify any ridiculous accusations that we promote the use of cracked software in any way, shape, or form. Okay, maybe just a little: We spent massive amounts of time and effort and money supporting iLok on Receptor. We think its great, and provides a safe and convenient way to try and buy software. We continue to spend vast amounts of our resources supporting existing copy protection schemes (hence DIrect install, and the forthcoming Syncrosoft support). I personally feel we are the poster child of trying to protect intellectual property of others on our platform, and we fully realize that if developers stop coding cool synths and all go work for Google, we won't have a very interesting product! There can be no question that developers need and deserve to be paid for their efforts. To suggest anything else is ridiculous, not to mention immoral.

I've never used Poly-Ana (great name!) myself, but I will say I like the interface, and I'm delighted to see hear that it now works on Receptor. We wish AQ... and ALL developers for that matter... great success with their products, and lots of happy customers who realize that developers deserve to be compensated for their efforts, as do the musicians who record and perform with the instruments they make.

Cheers

Groovology

[Watto]

Anyway, if someone found a way to put a "logic bomb" in software that would keep it from being tampered with, I'm actually all for it if it didn't effect me or legal users of the software. Sounds like something Jack Bower would have Chloe do to thwart terrorists. Recently a business that I know really well had its servers (as well as thousands of other companies) were hacked into and it seriously had the potential of bringing the business down. That meant the potential of at least 50 or so employees that I'm would be out of jobs. I'm friends with a lot of those people. What if I were to tell you that a large group of your good friends were jobless due to hackers/pirates? I say all's fair in love and war baby. People put dangerous dogs in their business' and homes at night to keep out thieves. Why is this any different?

Flipping your hypothetical on its head, what if a major studio (with, say 10-20 employees) were working on, say, Timbaland's latest multi-million dollar album, and Poly-Ana's logic bomb buggered up their computer, when they were trying out the demo? That would seriously have the potential to, er, etc. Remember, he claimed it would ruin a computer completely. I don't know if I believe him myself (although he comes across as a bit of a maniac), but that's not the point here.

However believable they are, in a competetive market, making these claims and acting the way he has is extra reason to look elsewhere

[Watto]

Oh, and very restrained and dignified response, Brian (groovology)

[aMUSEd]

People put dangerous dogs in their business' and homes at night to keep out thieves. Why is this any different?

Yeah and every now and then one of them is in the news for turning on an innocent person or killing a kid. There is no way to predict with 100% certainty what condition would trigger such a bomb - accidentally putting in the wrong serial more than once? changing the system clock? putting a legit version on a machine you bought off someone else that once had a cracked version on it? A random glitch or bug? All of these are reasonable scenarios.