As for server-side track rendering for previews: we would need a way to
bundle all samples with the project in a standarised way.
On 1 May 2014 15:15, "Tres Finocchiaro" <tres.finocchi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Unfa,
>
> I agree with all points. This is a good place to keep this conversation
> going. The only issue with what you are describing it is takes the already
> delayed LSP project and adds more items to it.
>
> In terms of uploading rendered versions, I would really like to see down
> the road a server-side rendering of presets. (like a nightly task that
> imports the preset files into a blank project and renders them against a
> basic melody). I wouldn't want people to have to upload the WAVs, that's
> just tedious and no one will do it.
>
> The rest is feasible, although subscription based content can get tricky.
> I'm inclined to recommend the LSP offer shared login services such as
> OpenID, Google, Facebook. This his how the porting team website
> operates<http://i.imgur.com/9E7FkXr.png> and
> is a growing trend.
>
> Please keep this discussion flowing because you are spot on in terms of
> engineering this out to accommodate the social element, which I believe to
> be the primary source of energy behind our user community.
>
> - tres.finocchi...@gmail.com
>
>
> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Tobiasz Karoń <unf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I started this message as a reply in another thread, but it has grown too
>> big, so I decided to start another thread.
>>
>> If all this have already been discussed somewhere else - please point me
>> there.
>>
>> * * *
>>
>> I am wondering if we have a mutual vision of how the new LSP is going to
>> work?
>>
>> For example I'd love to get something more like soundcloud where you can
>> subscribe to users, repost their tracks and have a stream of tracks from
>> whoever you have subscribed to. Also getting notifications about new
>> comments or reposts or subscribtions etc.
>>
>> Manual looking for activity is a tedious task in old LSP, notifications
>> and social relations could bring this thing a new life.
>>
>> Also private messages could be of much use.
>>
>> How about getting more social and lively? And make it more game-like (how
>> high can you score?).
>> This is what Facebook's "likes" are - a simple game for status, for a
>> place in the hall of fame.
>>
>> Also user avatars, descriptions and track images could be neat.
>>
>> Oh, and the rigid categories for music styles seem like a poor concept -
>> the list will never be 100% complete for everyone. I missed a few ganres a
>> lot there myself. I think tags with a function to suggest related would be
>> much more flexible and fun.
>>
>> It would also allow for "subscribe for a tag" - whenever someone posts a
>> track with "funky-dubstep" tag, I get that in my feed. Could be great for
>> discovering artists.
>>
>> Random track of the day might be an option (Freesound style).
>>
>> Also if we could provide some native audio previews/html5 Ogg
>> playback/cool waveform player, we could gather some users not running lmms,
>> and even some mobile users...
>>
>> However, the artists would need to upload their renders of the tracks. I
>> guess the main problem here would be the amount of data to transfer,
>> process and store.
>>
>> Is it worth it? What is the goal of LSP after all? To serve and build the
>> community of LMMS artists? I guess so. Maybe some stuff is not needed, as
>> long as LSP is not a "all around sound hosting service" but a place where
>> LMMS artists meet and cooperate, not focusing on the "outside world".
>>
>> What say thou?
>>
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