Which would mean the existing product line would become terminated? That would do some serious harm to my Apple love.
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Apple Acquiring Italian Digital Audio Editing Software Firm Redmatica
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Which would mean the existing product line would become terminated? That would do some serious harm to my Apple love.
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Zephonic,
Since Logic didn't maintain PC support after accousition from emagic, I think you might be in for a little bit of disappointment concerning the Steinberg support. For your sake and the sake of others I hope these fears are not realized.
If not maybe give logic a go? I know it sucks to have to change when you are comfortable with your setup. We get used to our DAW and develop a workflow. There is a lot of customization within logic regarding screen views and setup. Hopefully regardless of the outcome you will find a solution that works well for you.
Prepare to be upset. This will be Logic-only really soon. Apple bought this so that Logic users get Redmetica for free but no one else gets it for any price. I thing they also bought this company for the employees so they can put them on other projects as well. No longer supporting Kontact and Reason will free up a few people for things like iPad sort
Not quite,
however this software expands Logic Pro's EXS24 capabilities to be more up to par with NIs Kontakt.
Can't speak for anyone else but my post was completely sarcastic. (Thought it would be obvious considering how the story says nothing about Mac Pro cancellation but I guess we're to the point where you can't tell what is parody and what isn't on this forum.)
agreed. good sign, unless they convert it for the ipad . .
But the new iPad is the replacement for the Mac Pro. The combination of the iPhone & iPod Touch takes care of the Mac Mini, iMac, MacBook Pro & MacBook Air. This purchase is just another one in the continuing replacement of all Macs with the many iToys.
I guess that my Mac Pro with 4 3 TB hard drives & 6 30+' displays is not needed anymore. Just 1 or 2 3.5" displays & a sub 10" is all that wee need anymore.
They also don't promise features (vaporware) or clone other's software (microsoft). They make good acquisitions.
Clearly you don't have a clue.
Redmatica doesn't make iToys. They've got a sample manager for iPad but their area is Logic Pro and other higher end DAW.
I guess you can see whatever you want though.
This could be good news for Logic users. Still, I don't trust Apple with Pro Apps at all anymore. Hopefully I will be proved wrong by Logic X not pulling a Final Cut -> iMovie style transition, but I don't hold out much hope. Will Apple continue to justify producing both Garage Band and Logic, or will they pull some more mainstreaming crap by merging up the low end and down the high end to produce a single mediocre product aimed at the mass amateur market? It is indeed a trend, but only time will tell. I would bet this acquisition was more people oriented then product oriented.
PS - If they do sample management and there has been mention of siri, perhaps this has to do with integrating and managing language databases? Just a thought.
PPS - interesting article on Apple's Pro App Graveyard from last year:
http://www.onerivermedia.com/blog/?p=322
PS - If they do sample management and there has been mention of siri, perhaps this has to do with integrating and managing language databases? Just a thought.
PPS - interesting article on Apple's Pro App Graveyard from last year:
http://www.onerivermedia.com/blog/?p=322
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It's For Siri
The purchase of Redmatica is definitely for Siri folks. Redmatica is basically a giant database management tool for organising your audio samples. It is useful for sorting and indexing massive amounts of audio samples. This purchase has got nothing to do with Logic which has most likely been dropped just like Shake.
The purchase of Redmatica is definitely for Siri folks. Redmatica is basically a giant database management tool for organising your audio samples. It is useful for sorting and indexing massive amounts of audio samples. This purchase has got nothing to do with Logic which has most likely been dropped just like Shake.
Yeah, first thought that ran through my mind when I read the article was "HUZZAH LOGIC LIVES".
Because the only way to ensure that no one is wrong on the internet is if he is the only one talking.
I'm really looking forward to see this kind of integration baked in to the software. I'm a logic pro user and I'm stoked. It means that logic is not dead after all. I was not tearing my hair out just yet, but the doubt was slowly seeping in. Now I'm somewhat more assured that apple has plans for logic pro, let it go the X way big time.
I know. My knee-jerk reaction would be to buy Redmatica's existing software before it is discontinued, but support for it would likely be dropped the minute Apple acquires them.
I have used Logic before, up to v8. IMO, it is not as well-rounded as Cubase/Nuendo, although it does offer better MIDI-timing. I think I'd leave OSX before I'd leave Steinberg, if it were to come to that.
Yup. I reckon that is about the size of it.
No it's not. DB management is a feature of Redmatica's product but what they do is edit and map samples and that has little to do with Siri
So you think Sirihas large sample of audio inside it some place? That is no how it works. The first step in all speech recognition software is to extract "features" from the audio and then toss the audio out. The stream o extracted features os MUCH lower bandwidth but more importantly it is a string of symbols and is no longer a time domain signal at all. I can't see any reason for Siri to maintain a large database of audio samples.
Similar to having to pay an optional $200 for $15 worth of floor mats in your new car. The car will run fine without them, but you purchase them because you know for sure that they'll fit and work properly.
Improving Garage Band or even bringing Logic to iPad was my first thought too. I don't know why many people are jumping to conclusions about the Mac Pro being doomed as a result, though admittedly the line isn't looking good at the moment.