Re: [LAD] aBLETON lINK

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Tito Latini <tito.01beta(a)gmail.com> wrote: across a network? with multiple tempo masters? sometimes there's magic that comes from bringing things together even if they are well known before hand. i am aware of no attempt to define any kind of of protocol, API or SDK that does what Link does. the fact that a few people on the edges of computer music production have done some of them individually before doesn't really change that. I'm not talking about just JACK. I'm talking about how hard it is to define a standard for a shared tempo map that people will ACTUALLY use. There is no such thing at this point in time. If there is one, it will come from someone/some organization who can put immediate momentum behind it, because the adoption cost of fitting someone else's model of a tempo map into each application is high. nobody is making you do anything. you can do whatever you want. but if you want your "little device" to sync with other people's "little devices" then there needs to be some joint understanding of how that is going to work. AL is an example of someone trying to do that. you seem to have reacted quite negatively and critically of AL, apparently because, despite its GPLv2 license, it comes from a company that traditionally uses a proprietary development and licensing model. i don't understand this point of view.