Urs from U-he did not come with his copy protection right since the beginning of his company, it worked out along the years ...
Fathom Synth Development Thread
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- KVRAF
- 2249 posts since 10 Apr, 2002 from Saint Germain en Laye, France
Another thing, don't waste to much time in your copy protection, it will be broken sooner or later
Urs from U-he did not come with his copy protection right since the beginning of his company, it worked out along the years ...
Urs from U-he did not come with his copy protection right since the beginning of his company, it worked out along the years ...
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- KVRAF
- 1959 posts since 21 Sep, 2007 from The Infinite Void
Good to see you back, Everett.
Your reaction was understandable, even if it was a little excessive. Nevertheless, you have a really good supporter-base here, which you have earned. Don't worry about the chancers over in the sewers of the internet, most of them just collect software and don't even use the stuff they steal anyway. Perhaps a few of them may even find their way over here and develop a conscience, its happened before.
Your reaction was understandable, even if it was a little excessive. Nevertheless, you have a really good supporter-base here, which you have earned. Don't worry about the chancers over in the sewers of the internet, most of them just collect software and don't even use the stuff they steal anyway. Perhaps a few of them may even find their way over here and develop a conscience, its happened before.
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- KVRist
- 64 posts since 8 Mar, 2019
This is awesome!FathomSynth wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2019 3:23 pm Yes, Fathom is back. Fathom development will continue full force. We are not going to be cancelling the project. In fact the speed changes will be coming out shortly.
And just last night on the "other" Fathom thread I said "Fathom's not going anywhere anytime soon FYI. So stay tuned cause there are good things in the works." I had no idea things would happen THAT soon!
...Thank you very much Ben [KVR] for being compassionate and understanding!
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- KVRist
- 316 posts since 30 Nov, 2007
After reading this thread and hearing Fathom, I bought it ($45). I want to support the developer and his product.
Thank you for making a great sounding VST...
Regards,
Mike
Thank you for making a great sounding VST...
Regards,
Mike
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1584 posts since 25 Mar, 2017
I had some time now to formulate an apology here to KVR and all its members.
I just want everyone to know that despite what happened I’m not a huge fan (generally) of drama. There are circumstances, however, in which one has to be very open and honest about a mistake.
For those of you who don’t know what happened, in a nutshell, Seaweed Audio has been having problems with piracy lately and a few days ago I lost my temper and threatened to close down the entire operation if the illegal downloads were not removed.
To say that this was irrational and capricious behavior would be an understatement. It was disrespectful to every Fathom user who has supported our project and it was disrespectful to KVR to use their forum for this kind of immaturity.
For this I owe everyone an apology. I am sorry.
I was surprised at how many users wrote to me expressing support and some understanding of my reaction given what was at stake. This does not, however, in any way excuse it.
It is my responsibility to know the forum rules at KVR, especially ones for which there are overwhelming legal reasons for being in place. The fact that KVR has agreed to give me a second chance here as a developer is very kind on their part.
Finally I just want to say, in retrospect doing something like this to foster sympathy or to complain about the challenges of a business which I knew about going in, is behavior completely unbecoming of the leader of company.
Especially in the audio software business, developers and owners work for years to establish their product and their reputation. They do so without complaining and without theatrics. This is true as much for the industry’s software developers as it is for musicians, producers and audio engineers. Complaining privately to a close friend is one thing but doing so publicly is very bad form.
The point is I should have known better.
Fathom’s development will continue full force and the upcoming vector processing release will be license protected in a way which places the comfort of our end users in as high a priority as the protection itself.
Apologizing in a thread is easy. Changing one’s attitude in the long run in order to establish trust with users and other people in the industry is not so easy.
It is to that task which I will be applying myself with renewed vigor from now on.
I just want everyone to know that despite what happened I’m not a huge fan (generally) of drama. There are circumstances, however, in which one has to be very open and honest about a mistake.
For those of you who don’t know what happened, in a nutshell, Seaweed Audio has been having problems with piracy lately and a few days ago I lost my temper and threatened to close down the entire operation if the illegal downloads were not removed.
To say that this was irrational and capricious behavior would be an understatement. It was disrespectful to every Fathom user who has supported our project and it was disrespectful to KVR to use their forum for this kind of immaturity.
For this I owe everyone an apology. I am sorry.
I was surprised at how many users wrote to me expressing support and some understanding of my reaction given what was at stake. This does not, however, in any way excuse it.
It is my responsibility to know the forum rules at KVR, especially ones for which there are overwhelming legal reasons for being in place. The fact that KVR has agreed to give me a second chance here as a developer is very kind on their part.
Finally I just want to say, in retrospect doing something like this to foster sympathy or to complain about the challenges of a business which I knew about going in, is behavior completely unbecoming of the leader of company.
Especially in the audio software business, developers and owners work for years to establish their product and their reputation. They do so without complaining and without theatrics. This is true as much for the industry’s software developers as it is for musicians, producers and audio engineers. Complaining privately to a close friend is one thing but doing so publicly is very bad form.
The point is I should have known better.
Fathom’s development will continue full force and the upcoming vector processing release will be license protected in a way which places the comfort of our end users in as high a priority as the protection itself.
Apologizing in a thread is easy. Changing one’s attitude in the long run in order to establish trust with users and other people in the industry is not so easy.
It is to that task which I will be applying myself with renewed vigor from now on.
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- KVRist
- 297 posts since 3 Dec, 2009 from Cologne, Germany
Chapeau, Sir, chapeau!
Overcoming his own weakness is the real strength!
Overcoming his own weakness is the real strength!
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- KVRAF
- 22961 posts since 8 Oct, 2014
Everett, great to hear this. I'm sure you've got a lot of people in your corner.
Looking forward to the future of Fathom.
Looking forward to the future of Fathom.
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- KVRAF
- 8384 posts since 18 Apr, 2004
But in the end, you did. A lot of people wouldn't get that far. [ hatsoff emoticon ]
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- KVRAF
- 8105 posts since 26 Jul, 2018
Thanks Everett. Looking forward to the future of Fathom and bigger and better things with it.
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- KVRist
- 47 posts since 31 Oct, 2017
Your attitude in this thread always appeared to me as one of a friendly and very responsive developer. I'm glad you haven't stopped this very promising vsti project.FathomSynth wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:25 pm Apologizing in a thread is easy. Changing one’s attitude in the long run in order to establish trust with users and other people in the industry is not so easy.
It is to that task which I will be applying myself with renewed vigor from now on.
This would be great if it is achievable!Artie Fichelle wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:38 pm If Fathom could reproduce DX7 sounds and also read the DX7 sysex this would be a small step for the developer and a leap for him businesswise.
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- KVRian
- 648 posts since 20 Jan, 2013
Well done for recovering so well after that horrible experience (both the piracy and the upset).FathomSynth wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:25 pm I had some time now to formulate an apology here to KVR ...
I will show my respect and support by buying Fathom. I've always liked the synth since the OSC but I've got too many other things to use so I never bought it. But now I will
[And for what it's worth, I think there is some legitimacy to the claim that the majority of those who will use a crack would likely never buy anyway. Even though it's awful - of course - hopefully there won't be as much harm to your business as you would understandably worry about]
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- KVRian
- 653 posts since 13 May, 2017 from Virginia
This is great news. I'll be buying the update soon.
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- KVRist
- 171 posts since 8 Jun, 2019
Glad to see you're keeping at it!