Re:AudioSnap Quantise ????
2011/01/01 20:42:18
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Whew, back from Miami and I thought I'd chime into this thread a little more...
I really don't know what to say??? I am really dumbfounded by the fact that there was actually a feature, an important feature, that seemed to work during the beta but when the product was released (X1) that feature (Audio Snap) was DOA.
I cannot wrap my head around that. (shakes head in disbelief)
Look, I don't know a single thing about how decisions are made at Cakewalk, but I would really have a hard time believing NO ONE knew that Audio Snap wasn't working upon release of X1. If this is the case, why release the product? Again, I don't know what happened, but whatever did happen, it was wrong and SHOULD not happen again.
I guess this goes back to Mike's and others' gripe with some things Cakewalk. What's wrong with letting things bake a little longer? What's wrong with pushing the release date up? And doing it again and again if you have to?
It reminds me of a video game I once bought called Two Worlds. Being a fan of RPG's since I was a child, I personally loved the game and gleefully ignored all of its shortcomings. It was obviously released way too early, it was full of bugs, crashes, and framerate problems. This divided players into two camps: fanboys and haters. I happened to be a fanboy of the game.
Well, the company who produced this game got hit hard with spite and hate from all sides and rightfully so. I'm sure it was hard as hell for that team to have their product, that they spent so much time and energy on, beat to a pulp. But do you know what they did? They took it to heart and started over from scratch, created a new engine--new everything. Not only did they do that, but they have probably pushed their original release date up probably 5 times now. It's kind of irritating. I wanted it in Sept. Then it moved to Nov. Then it moved to Jan 5th. The other day I checked? January 25. Cazzo!
This is a company that has learned their lessons. And do you know what? They shall be rewarded. Kudos to them.
Point? If a Cake is supposed to be baked for 40 minutes, don't take it out of the oven after 25!!!!! It's just not worth it guys. It's just not worth it.