From: Greg Reddin [mailto:gtreddin@yahoo.com]
So it might not ever be palatable to the masses
because it's too
innovative. It's the same reason why Creed will always sell more
tickets than Dream Theater, but I will always listen to DT more than
I will Creed. Creativity vs. following trends. Have I totally
missed the point?
OTOH, the tools, like the music needs to be commercially viable, at
least for those who choose to make their living off of it. And I
think it could be and someday will be. It would be a shame for all
this cool innovation to only be accessible to programmers --
especially since many of the developers are going out of their way to
make it accessible to non-programmers.
Music hasn't always had to be formula to make it. The 'net's made major
changes in the public's tastes in the past decade or so {at it was until it got
"bought".}
It's not that hard to imagine a future that enables non pop music.
{I'm not sure that "commercial" requires "Pro-Tools" anyway.}