The piece does a nice job of reflecting the bias and ignorance of the author.
Not saying that some of his choices weren't noteworthy - but "The 14 Pieces"  
feels like a History Channel documentary - light on facts, heavy on opinion.
 
 

Opinion is fact.
 
This is the 21st Century.

 
Limiting the mention of digital audio systems to only those that were developed for Mac, Commodore Kernal/Basic, Amiga, Atari, NeXT, SGI UNIX, Linux, Windows x86, and Playstation operating systems does seem rather narrow minded, but it's hard not to admit that the mention of the 14 items listed was actually accompanied by a copious amount of facts.
 
 
 
 

Stating that opinions are facts makes them no less opinions.

dubdisciple
Stating that opinions are facts makes them no less opinions.

That's a fact.... Jack.
 
Oh wait, is that an opinion? It's so hard to tell these days.

I'd have no complaints if he'd just left off the leading "The" from the title, leaving it as just "14 Pieces of Software that Changed Modern Music".
 
It's titled as though he's presenting a "Top N" list, rather than the very personal perspective that it is.
 
Which was more influential, Cubase or the VST standard? How about the SFZ specification? MIDI over USB? The MP3 encoder?
 
How about Facebook, YouTube and MySpace? Surely those have had a more profound impact than Max.
 
Which software instrument do you hear the most on TV and in movies? Reaktor? Mmm, no. Try Kontakt. 
 
Any one of us would have created a different Top N list, based on our own personal history.

bitflipper
Any one of us would have created a different Top N list, based on Bapu's VST/VSTi list.

Imagined.

Audio technology Magazine (Australia) ran a great article in Feb 2014 issue that talk about a similar concept except rather than just look at the software only they looked at techniques and technolgy a bit more. They called these things the Game Changers. This to me seems a little more relevent. Here are some of the things they suggested were real game changers.
 
24 bit digital recording (done right)
 
DAW Development (in two directions though. Tape Machine mixer model and electronic instrument sequencer model) PT lead the way for a long time in the Tape machine/mixer model concepts)
 
Ableton Live and Fruity Loops brought in a different crowd
 
DSP powered plugins brought ITB mixing to life
 
Mackie HUI interface
 
Automation without any zipping
 
Giga sampler with its non ram limited approach ie disc streaming
 
Sample replacement
 
Track comping
 
Time and pitch manipulation
 
DAW's that cost under $100
 
DAW wise it is silly to compare a whole lot of DAW's. PT really started the Tape Machine/Mixing model and Cubase/Logic probably started the instrument/sequencer model. (I was around then! Remember Steinberg VST technology etc)
 
All other DAW's are simply developments of those basic two approaches so it pointless to compare them. I think what has happed now is that DAW's are blending the two approaches rather well now eg Sonar and many others  etc... Of course these are more recent innovations, there were plenty of game changers before them too.
 

bitflipper
I'd have no complaints if he'd just left off the leading "The" from the title, leaving it as just "14 Pieces of Software that Changed Modern Music".
 
It's titled as though he's presenting a "Top N" list, rather than the very personal perspective that it is.
 

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