SOUND-ENGINEERING
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Music Technology The Next 5 to 10 Years
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:35 am |
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AUdIoCoUrSeS
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In modern thinking we can define Music Technology as a term having relatedness to electricity and the utlisation of it to power and/or control, manipulate musical machines. However, using the term "technology" in a broader sense we can assume that where technology of any kind is applied to aid in music making, control and/or manipulation we could confidently apply the term.
Where do you see development moving?
What type of software can you imagine?
What control surfaces to you imagine?
Do you see more integration?
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Music Technology The Next 5 To 10 Years
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:58 am |
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conquistadore
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Well, I definately see more integration. I think the gap between hardare and software is definately going to reduce. Also in 10 years time we are going to see faster computers and therefore better quality of recordings. If we have enough power to record at extremely high word lenghts and sampling rates, digital recordings are going to be more precose and less of guess work and therefore as 'original' as analogue recordings. Also the sudden boom in plugins that simulate the 'warm' sounds of tape and vacuum tubes and circuitry of analogue consoles will lead to fall in the use of analogue machines. |
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Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:18 am |
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Michael_S
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I see more of an effort to control distribution through the guise of intelectual property rights. More complex algorithims for propietory protocols that cost a fortune for small companies to buy rights to use and much more difficult for them to work with. Major chip companies integrating the protocols into thier chips and large manufactures ensuring only discs of certain types run on thier players. |
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:31 am |
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AUdIoCoUrSeS
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Could you expand on this a little?
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complex algorithims for propietory protocols
- I'm presuming you are thinking here about the hardware type of protected gear like Powercore from the likes of TC... ?
Might be good to perhaps mention some example for those reading here who don't understand.
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:04 pm |
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Michael_S
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Sure, In fact companies like Digidesign who would only like thier hardware to work with their software, I think is cool. Thier purchase of M-Audio I think however was a more obvious attempt to control the lower end of the market as well and squashing small companies that may provide a cheep alternative solution. I would be interested in peoples opinions on why Yamaha bought Steinberg by the by.
Anyway, back to the point. An example may be SCMS ( serial copying management system ) found in any S/PDIF signal. For the S/PDIF signal to pass through any hardware there needs to be a chip to decode the data , normally a DIT which will connect to a DAC although some chips can provide the complete feature. All chips will have the option for the manufacturer to enable/disable the SCMS (stated usually at thier own risk of not doing so) which of course they all enable as they don't like the possibility of being sued. So the hardware becomes a form of software protection, although this is very basic.
But, there are big bucks for whoever holds the keys to the standards used. I recently talked to someone from Alesis/Newmark/Wavefront (take your pick) who was pleased as punch that Intel are now including ADAT in some chip (don't ask which , I have no idea) which of course means Intel have to pay tons of cash in royalties.
But recently I've seen formats like HDCD which have 20 bits as opposed to 16 (increased dynamic range) but......have a look at this quote "HDCD overcomes the limitation of the 16-bit CD format by using a sophisticated system to encode the additional 4 bits " ..Ah ha. And that will mean any chips that try to decode this need to be complient to the HDCD format, and I'm sure it's a lot more difficult for people to play around with than say S/PDIF.
But seriously , there's hardly a format that teams of lawers are out to sqeeze every penny they can get from a device , take one product , say the much talked about iPod , how many patents and licenses would a small company need to make one? well off the bat, there's a grand or two for a usb company id, another couple for an IEEE GUID, ongoing payments to the IEEE TA , to Gracenote for using thier data base and a whole bunch of other stuff like MP3 , AAC , WAV, AIFF, OGG, AES/EBU (ever wondered why there are so many standards) cos......... its big bucks
So my prediction is the whole integration of more complex algorithims and protection afforded through the chip manufactures is going to get a whole lot worse. Why, because the main players don't number that many, and they are already working closer and closer. Anyone have any comments about Blu Ray? |
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Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:35 am |
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9b0
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| Re: Music Technology The Next 5 to 10 Years |
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Originally posted by SOUND-ENGINEERING
Music Technology The Next 5 to 10 Years
- what's your view on this topic?
At first let me say hello to everybody, i'm 9b0, plugin designer from WWAYM. This is my first post on this forum.
I'm trying to answer the question, but it's really hard... as a software developer, i think, the future is mostly computer based, without dedicated digital hardware. I think, CPU problems will be solved soon, but who can tell nowadays what the solution will be? In the times where Apple changes to Intel, when Sony introduces the Cell, when Microsoft releases Vista... there are so many news, so many confusing informations... the only thing, i'm sure of is that the sound quality and feature set of software will improve synced to the performance improvements of computer hardware. The result of this will be maybe less need for digital sound hardware (while analogue gear will always be the main tool for recording acoustic material...) on the end user side.
Well, i did not say too much... a hard question.
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Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:38 pm |
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AUdIoCoUrSeS
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9b0 welcome to the forums good to have someone who is a developer here and adding some valuable insights.
Where do you work from yourself? - A niche in the market? - A desire for a particular product that particularly interests you? - Own experience?
What sparks your software development plans?
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Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:36 am |
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Michael_S
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Here's an interesting article in the NY Times about AAC and WMA , the fight for the control of DRM (Microsoft vs Apple (again)).
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/technology/circuits/06basics.html
Seems microsoft have also chosen sides in the Blu ray Vs. HD DVD war, any bets that Sony wont loose this war the same way they did the Betamax Vs. VHS war.
Anyone have any comments on DRM (Digital Rights Management) in general? Good/bad ?, provides a method for abuse and infinges on peoples rights?
*edit* I noticed on another thread comments on mlan (Yamaha'a attempt to contol the protocol of Audio/Midi/commands through 1394). Last I heard they were having trouble giving this away for free, check out sites like mlancentral.com and under general discussions there is about one post a week, not what you would expect from a technology that is "happening". Bit of a shame, as it promised device to device connectivity, which the 1394 TA standard doesn't, but there you go. Anyone betting it will make a come back? |
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