Personally I would appreciate if my various plug-in vendors all supplied
VST3 implementations. It makes things cleaner. That isn't just a
Dorico issue. VST2 will soon have its 20th birthday. VST3 has been out
there almost a decade. It is high time that vendors move forward.
By the same token, Steinberg should embrace the ARA extensions to VST3.
It is only hurting Cubase to not offer the richest Melodyne experience.
I certainly agree that Steinberg should not be so proprietary. But I
don't want them to go out of business. That strikes me as an astounding
statement to be made on a forum that is very interested in music
notation. We have, on one hand, a company that has made a huge
investment in modernizing the world of notation. And we have another
company that has made minimal investments in the past decade. If I had
to choose a company to survive, it would be the one that is investing in
the technology.
I believe it is a moot point. There are no indications whatsoever that
Peaksware ever intends to make a significant investment in its product.
They seem to be focused on SmartMusic. Nobody should be surprised by
that. Simply go back and read the Peaksware announcement at the
acquisition time. It is perfectly clear in hindsight that the CEO was
talking only about SmartMusic and not Finale when he went on about
"deliberate practice". This was what the company already did for
athletics with TrainingPeaks. It clearly is the only product they have
much interest in from MakeMusic.
https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/makemusic-joins-peaksware/
And note this acquisition from 2015. Again, it is all about
SmartMusic. Finale simply is not a key product for the company now.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150709005064/en/MakeMusic-Acquires-Weezic
If Peaksware were serious at all about Finale, the company would have
given us a road map years ago. Doesn't it seem a little peculiar that
Dorico would have gone through its entire development life cycle. and
several major releases since Peaksware acquired MakeMusic, and not a
single word in terms of how the company intends to position against
Dorico? So really, I would not wish the more innovative company to go
out of business. It isn't likely anyway considering they are owned by
Yamaha.
On 7/12/2018 5:05 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
On Thu, July 12, 2018 1:45 pm, Steve Schow wrote:
Steinberg has had a strict stance
on copy protection for a very long time with Cubase and has documented very
well that this is just how it is, and how it will always be. Of course of
Steinberg goes out of business, which is unlikely to happen any time soon
Based on their very recent attempt to bludgeon users into VST3 licenses by
revoking VST2 licenses, I am absolutely never touching a Steinberg product. I
can only hope they go out of business.
Now let's please concentrate on Finale.
Dennis
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