> > Isn't that basically asking for a free lunch ? > > Isn't everything in the open source world?
You think so ? I clearly differ. For me it has to do with rights, knowledge and being in control, at least potentially. Just an example: Logic Studio is sold for 149 € in Apple's App store. Featurewise it is several generations ahead of Rosegarden and in many aspects of Ardour as well although Ardour delivers a couple of really nice things. When you shell out your 149 € you have a full featured music production and performing system with a bunch of very nice soft instruments. For me it runs out of the box. No such thing as incompatible this and missing that. Yes, I can reliably crash Logic. Yes, you need a Mac to run it (but you can as well put Linux on that box - them Retina Displays are really nice... ;) To sum it up: >From a feature and time invested to get it working point of view I have yet to find an open source product that is even remotely in the same league as programs like Logic (and I assume all of Logic's commercial competitors). > > And as an afterthought: > > If a guitar player wishes to play around with arbitrarily pitched > > strings > > he should transpose it himself. He'll learn something that way. Or even > > learn to transpose on the fly. Not that I'd consider that more useful > > than properly mastering the instrument in the first place. > > Part of the reason popular music is so popular is because people who > don't spend a vast chunk of their lives mastering rigid rules can have > fun making noise. I find it a lot more relaxing than trying to do > anything the "correct" way. Again: You think so ? It is my impression that the truely successful popular music is mostly written AND performed by musicians that have learned things the "correct" way (as you put it). This even goes for musicians that never had proper teaching but instead spent hour by hour learning their instrument on their own for many years. A couple of guitar heros fall into this category. I also think some of the stuff that's "created" by "music illiterates" the easy way might be commercially successful at least for a short period of time but it is not lasting in any way. I'm aware this is a requirement that might not fit with some other's. Again just my 0.02 €, best wishes, Michael -- Michael Gerdau email: [email protected] GPG-keys available on request or at public keyserver
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