Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

> I downloaded cubase and a few others from limewire, I wasn't about to
> pay $499.00 for something I can get for free, besides, I spent all my
> money on my kit,

Oh, boo hoo... So, did you steal your sticks and a amp too? I bet you 
saved up for the kit too, long hours at work, working for the man.. I 
bet your boss gets paid more than you.. how fair is that? I suppose when 
(ha, ha.. if..) you ever get famous you will give away all the copies of 
your CD too.. cuz I could get it for free anyways? Get real, F-ing bull!
A recording set-up is WAY cheaper than it used to be. My first 4 track 
cassette recorder was more than $499, then I needed processing gear and 
stuff... 
Today, you can pay $19 for Anvil Studio, 8 track of audio plus DX 
effects and MIDI sequencing...or how about $49 for Cakewalk Music 
Creator. There are plenty of legal and fair ways to record your music, 
it's just that you'd reather steal than buy.

> and for 499 bucks you would think the programmers
> would throw in some bugs so you can't use it for free. 

HA HA HA!  Ok, so it's THIER fault.. ok... " Gee officer, if the woman 
didn't WANT me to steal her purse, she should have left it at home!"


> can't be used from a download, so I bought it. I figure if they bump
> the price up for a product that can be cracked, then the programmers
> made squat and once again the corperate man gets another ferrari, and
> you know it.


The price is high because the cost of development and support, plus the 
low volume of sales.The price is required to recoup the costs. For 
example, a popular game software costs $1 million to produce and market, 
they recoup that from sales (obviously) The projected number of sales is 
in the 500,000+ area, and the selling price is set at $50, the producer 
is up at least $24 million dollars, not figuring in platform licencing 
fee costs and bonus income from product tie ins and external licencing 
income from the cartoon series, stickers, lunchboxes..etc... . The music 
software industry enjoys no such luxury of profit or sales numbers, most 
companies are just a release away from bankruptcy, but still have to pay 
for coders, support staff, building leases and misc staff, but in your 
world I'm sure they are free too.

Did you know that he programmers get paid when you PURCHASE a product, 
and so does the boss with the Ferrari, and the guy at the store, and the 
truckdiver that shipped it... so they should, that is the way our great 
countires operate! If you don't like that, how 'bout you come work for 
me.. I'll put you to task and rent you out for free.. since you believe 
work isn't worth paying for.. or how 'bout I buy you a one way ticket to 
some far east country to work in some Power Ranger doll factory where 
they put chains on the doors so you can't escape (even in case of fire.. 
true story)

Buddy, there are worse corporate crimes in the world than charging a 
measly $499 for software we can use to make WAY more money than that 
professionally.. and if you are not doing this professioanally, what 
would you REALLY need CuBase SX for anyways?  So, go back to Newgrounds 
or TOTSE where you belong, dude and leave us alone.

'People' who TRY and justify piracy make me sick...

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