Mark Knecht wrote: > On 4/6/06, Brad Fuller <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Mark Knecht wrote: >> >>> Hi Patrick, >>> I've been down this rabbit hole 1000 times in the last 4-5 years. >>> There is nothing in the Linux-Audio world even remotely like Live or >>> Acid Pro in terms of handling the scaling of pitch and tempo across >>> all samples. I just updated to Acid Pro 6 this week for $99 since that >>> sort of stuff I do playing with Acid Pro is nearly impossible in any >>> Linux app I've found. >>> >>> >> anyone try Freeycle? http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=23494 >> >> >> > I looked at it but since it advertizes itself as a beat slicer it > didn't seem to have the multitrack capabilities that are required to > put a whole song together. > > I think th eunderlying technology could be helpful in getting to an > Acid Pro/Ableton Live/Fruity Loops type program. My sense is that this > question has been asked so many times that the real issue is finding a > developer passionate about it. There's no reason at all this couldn't > be done in Linux if someone wanted to make it happen. > true. I wonder what the legal ramifications would be by creating an "acid" like app that accepts acid loops. The question is: is there any proprietary IP in acid loops? Could probably find out by seeing if Cakewalk pays any royalties to Sony for their inclusion of acid-loop-a-bility (!) in Sonar. Frankly, I don't use Acid much, even though I own it. We used it on a recent product which fit the use of it (a driving game) but other than that type of work, I don't use it. But, I bet it would be popular among Linux audio users. And, if it could legally use acid loops, there's no shortage of assets. brad
