Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

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> I've griped about the Abynth updates ... I realized that I will have 
> spent over $450 if I upgrade to v3 - for one soft synth. Meanwhile I 
> have half a dozen other soft synths that cost $99-$150 (discounted) 
> which still work fine. These NI upgrades to Absynth and Battery are 
> fine, but in many cases they are fixing clumsy original designs or 
> limitations. Like some of big features of Abs3 is that the clumsy 
> multiple window thing that didn't work well, is now replaced with a 
> single window.

I never found it that clumsy, I haven't upgraded yet because frankly I 
really love Absynth as is. That was really the gist of my post though, 
that there is a tremendous range of values that people will accept from 
developers.


> And Battery had attrocious file handling and kit remembering features 
> which are now corrected. But pay $100 for each upgrade? Its greedy.
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> I think what is happening in general, is that software companies are 
> trying to maximize profit. Native Instruments is going to subscription 
> plan, and Waves has such a plan. Many of the big pro software packages 
> are sold like that too... one year license only. Instead of convincing 
> you to buy and that being it, they now want a steady stream of money 
> flowing from you to them.

Which is a great strategy if you ask me, it's slowly progressing 
towards the much better software model of 'pay-per-use.' In other words 
you only pay for the software when you want to use it. Renting software 
could solve many of these problems as developers will accept extremely 
low micro payments for continued use of software, upgrades for which 
will always be free. If you decide the software is not for you, or if 
you don't like the upgrades- simply cancel the subscription. Of course, 
like magazines, there would be a free 'trial subscription,' where users 
would have say a one month period to learn the software.

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> Apple has something of a monopoly on us too... when they go to Tiger 
> (whom no one is very excited about)... then they will make iLife, 
> iCal, and all the security updates only work for Tiger. And probably 
> logic too. They will find some way to include features in 7.1 which 
> won't work in Panther so you need to upgrade your OS along with Logic.

A fact of life is that there are a significant number of users who 
desire increased computing power as it becomes available. This means 
changes in the hardware architecture of new computers. This means that 
operating systems require upgrades. That is the real reason why 
operating systems get upgraded. People want better computers so they 
can do more with them. The only people for whom software upgrade costs 
are a problem are people who want to hang on to legacy hardware. If 
this 'software tied to hardware' system was not in place none of us 
would have computers as fast as we have now and none of us would be 
using the operating systems we have now. We would still be using Mac 
Classics and having racks of outboard MIDI gear and clunky tape 
machines.

Mac OSX is a great value in that it supports and G3-G4 or G5 processors 
or after the first iMac. How long do you think Apple can support legacy 
hardware and still provide new, faster computers, which people demand?



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> It seems that Apple doesn't want to release a lot of little upgrades 
> the way Emagic used to. I think they want to present a stable simple 
> situation like with all their software. The problem is that Logic 7 
> and 7.01 were not ready for prime time, and not beta tested properly. 
> And they don't care. Its been six months now and only the most minor 
> upgrade.
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