[linux-audio-user] music engine

[Brad Fuller]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> On 4/6/06, Brad Fuller <brad at sonaural.com> 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