Which developers are a safe bet for longevity.
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- KVRAF
- 2558 posts since 2 Jul, 2010
Traditionally, past behaviour is considered to be a useful indicator of future behaviour.
- GRRRRRRR!
- 15844 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
What does it matter if the products you currently own still work? I kept using Orion for six years or so after development stopped and it never let me down. I still wonder sometimes why I ever thought about shifting in the first place.
If it's a public company, there are rules and regulations that prevent them from doing that so they can't manipulate their share price by announcing things that never happen.AcrossTheSky wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 11:15 amI wish companies would in one way or another SAY what they're working on...
Woah! Someone's drunk the Kool Aid. No company is worse than Apple when it comes to the capricious culling of products and features. Just ask anyone who set up a video editing business around Final Cut Pro or any film post production house (special effects for movies) who built their compositing pipelines around Shake.
Unless you have a very different definition of the word than the one in the dictionary, you are most definitely a "fan".
Then surely you need to alter your opinion when provided with evidence to show your current opinion is very, very wrong?I never ever used firewire so i will not miss it. I even do not use any audio interface since I do not need it.
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- KVRAF
- 4283 posts since 15 Feb, 2020
I'd say Apple For Logic.
Also, my +10 years old Firewire MOTU Ultralite still works great connected to my Mac via 3 (!!!) dongles in series to go with the latest Thunderbolt.
I'd additionally say the 2 Izotope products I love, Ozone and RX.
Also, Ableton Live.
Also, my +10 years old Firewire MOTU Ultralite still works great connected to my Mac via 3 (!!!) dongles in series to go with the latest Thunderbolt.
I'd additionally say the 2 Izotope products I love, Ozone and RX.
Also, Ableton Live.
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- Banned
- 10732 posts since 17 Nov, 2015
Camel Audioimrae wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 12:46 pmTraditionally, past behaviour is considered to be a useful indicator of future behaviour.
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- KVRAF
- 4283 posts since 15 Feb, 2020
But as AnX has said, no SW is a truly safe bet IMO, I try not to get too attached.
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- KVRAF
- 6443 posts since 17 Dec, 2009
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- KVRAF
- 4283 posts since 15 Feb, 2020
Yea, weird right?
As I said above my Ultralite Mk I still works connected to Thunderbolt.
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- u-he
- 28042 posts since 8 Aug, 2002 from Berlin
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excuse me please excuse me please https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=427648
- KVRAF
- 1631 posts since 10 Oct, 2018
What AnX said. Btw this forum is about software, not hardware. Jussayin'
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- KVRist
- 71 posts since 31 Mar, 2019
I'd say the ones that don't have sales all the time because I think this is a bad omen. Also not those who constantly complain how bad certain OS, DAW or plugin formats are. Those that have visions and are setting trends instead of following or copying.
I'd go with FabFilter, BlueCatAudio, uHe. There are more but these were the first 3 that came to my mind.
I'd go with FabFilter, BlueCatAudio, uHe. There are more but these were the first 3 that came to my mind.
- KVRist
- 182 posts since 3 Jan, 2021
1) open source ones. Assuming a compliant license with the right to re-publish (not just source code to look at) you cannot take it away from the community.
2) having Linux versions today is a good sign. It shows that the code is reasonably portable (which usually means clean) and that the developer doesn't drop something at the first sign of being less profitable.
2) having Linux versions today is a good sign. It shows that the code is reasonably portable (which usually means clean) and that the developer doesn't drop something at the first sign of being less profitable.
- KVRist
- 59 posts since 12 Nov, 2012
copy protection is important. if the company goes out of business and your bought product uses e.g. challenge/response, you can't change your hardware anymore. had this with cakewalk and a few vst's and won't buy anything with "software centers" or c/r or however they call it.
- KVRAF
- 18434 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
Kind of limits your choices if you're just going to use Serial Only software or freeware.shorty wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 2:36 pm copy protection is important. if the company goes out of business and your bought product uses e.g. challenge/response, you can't change your hardware anymore. had this with cakewalk and a few vst's and won't buy anything with "software centers" or c/r or however they call it.
For the record all my Cakewalk software still installs and works. I just called up Camel Audio's windows version of Alchemy yesterday and it still works fine.
So it's not just the C/P method but how the developer handles going out of business or ending support on one OS or another. Whether they make provisions to allow their customers to keep using their software or not.
As has been mentioned before there is no guarantee any developer will be around in the future. Hell with the virus and its mutations there's no guarantee we'll be around in the future.
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