Wavelab 6 uses it and I've heard from other applications in the hi-end realm that use it, too. The predecessor ("MPEX") that he has developed for prosoniq is used in Nuendo (see the startup screen), Cakewalk, Pyramix, Uberschall and a couple of others that I forgot...Xenakios wrote:Is it generally so that people are NOT very interested in the Dirac technology at all? Is there yet any software publicly available that uses it?
From what I heard he planned on making it open source but had to revert to a commercial library when the sponsor didn't keep his part of the agreement due to lack of money... too bad. But I don't think that the licensing fees are "super expensive" - mind you, these are not for end users like you and me (that would indeed be a steep price) but for people who are writing and selling thousands of copies of their applications. I bet Steinberg paid a lot more money when they licensed their dithering algorithms from apogee and they certainly aren't as complicated as a good time stretching...
Also, Dirac seems to be much better than the elastique stretching. If you run an A/B comparison (you can get a free evaluation program from their web site) elastique starts to give you the snare "flams & rolls" at anything > 110%, with Dirac you can go up to 160-180% at very good quality... probably not with the free version but the demo version of the Studio flavor produces some amazing results...
If anyone's interested - I've ordered my copy of WL6 last week and can provide samples once I get it.
--th