<strong>All this talk has kind of got me thinking... perhaps this is a bit too far fetched.
I don't know about hardware, but is there anything Apple could do, at least on the software side, to make music recording, editing, publishing easier and cheaper? Something like... I don't know... Audio Studio Pro? Perhaps it could do something like record all your tracks, edit them, tweak them, mix them, then burn it to a CD? To me, it just sounds like the whole recording studio experience is just waiting to be replaced by something innovative... something to allow aspiring musicians to create professional sounding music all by themselves without a whole lot of money.</strong><hr></blockquote>
It get's worse. Final Cut Pro was originally developed by Macromedia...they were even calling it Final Cut, but had yet to market it. Apple could've purchase SoundEdit from Macromedia when they bought Final Cut Pro.
It's a shame because Macromedia hasn't updated SoundEdit in years, and yet it is still capable of doing things that no other sound app today can do. It was easy to use and elegant.
Apple should still consider buying SoundEdit, if Macromedia would sell it, and turn it into i-SoundEdit or i-AudioStudio or something. Definitely not a "Pro" package that would compete with what's out there, but something simple, elegant, and capable of doing multi-track editing. They could then create an app that would go with it that was capable of non-destructive editing. Integrate them both and allow integration with i-Tunes, and it would kick ass.
As far as the record labels, they are so friggin clueless...here's a hint (not that they're even capable of reading this): not every artist you sign should be considered the next Britney Spears or The Backstreet N'Sync O-Town Boyzzz.
They should be using technology to crank out CDs from pretty much anyone willing to sell their sole to them. Then, spend only so much as they see the return on the investment. They could've made a modest profit on that poor girl, but instead blew a wad of cash in their greedy quest to turn her into a cash cow.
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I didn't know you could have DSL in your car.</strong><hr></blockquote>
That would be one seriously long phone line
How stifling!
<strong>All this talk has kind of got me thinking... perhaps this is a bit too far fetched.
I don't know about hardware, but is there anything Apple could do, at least on the software side, to make music recording, editing, publishing easier and cheaper? Something like... I don't know... Audio Studio Pro? Perhaps it could do something like record all your tracks, edit them, tweak them, mix them, then burn it to a CD? To me, it just sounds like the whole recording studio experience is just waiting to be replaced by something innovative... something to allow aspiring musicians to create professional sounding music all by themselves without a whole lot of money.</strong><hr></blockquote>
It get's worse. Final Cut Pro was originally developed by Macromedia...they were even calling it Final Cut, but had yet to market it. Apple could've purchase SoundEdit from Macromedia when they bought Final Cut Pro.
It's a shame because Macromedia hasn't updated SoundEdit in years, and yet it is still capable of doing things that no other sound app today can do. It was easy to use and elegant.
Apple should still consider buying SoundEdit, if Macromedia would sell it, and turn it into i-SoundEdit or i-AudioStudio or something. Definitely not a "Pro" package that would compete with what's out there, but something simple, elegant, and capable of doing multi-track editing. They could then create an app that would go with it that was capable of non-destructive editing. Integrate them both and allow integration with i-Tunes, and it would kick ass.
As far as the record labels, they are so friggin clueless...here's a hint (not that they're even capable of reading this): not every artist you sign should be considered the next Britney Spears or The Backstreet N'Sync O-Town Boyzzz.
They should be using technology to crank out CDs from pretty much anyone willing to sell their sole to them. Then, spend only so much as they see the return on the investment. They could've made a modest profit on that poor girl, but instead blew a wad of cash in their greedy quest to turn her into a cash cow.