> From: alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com
> To: linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
> Subject: Re: [LAU] An appeal to famous artists?
>
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:51 PM, sim a wrote:
>
> > time spent learning a whole new way of working could potentially kill any
> > inspiration you have.
>
> I think a lot of people are investing their time into Maschina and
> getting ready to ditch discontinued Kontakt this very minute :) It's
> because the benefit is quite clear.
>
> Let's decompose that.
>
> 1. NI presented a new tool and made sure the news got around.
> 2. NI marketing team did a good job producing impressive demos that
> sent the message of the potential.
> 3. NI got coverage by mainstream magazines and industry blogs.
>
> Then when the public was ready
>
> 4. NI discontinued the old product and focused on the new one.


NI might be discontinuing support for kontakt but that doesn't mean people will be left short if they don't jump onto maschine. ableton's own sampler is capable of dealing with kontakt files as are some others (i think). some people will go over to maschine but most will just continue to use what works for them, most people who make music will just settle on what works for them. until recently jon hopkins was using cubase sx3 and cool edit pro on a 10yr old laptop, he had the means and resources to upgrade but didn't.

funnily enough the one linux music making package i think that fulfills the all-in-one program criteria is probably the one least mentioned and least liked by the linux audio community, LMMS. i reckon you could get quite a few people used to using windows music programs and they would get on with LMMS.