Acid loops, Rex loops, Rewire,VST all proprietary yet all shared by multiple DAWS. The deals behind the scenes are probably not the same. I'm no software writer but I think an audio engine is a different animal and isn't subject to strict stipulations like some other add-ons are. At least, there are more commonalities in development than differences depending on the platform. Many DAWs almost undoubtedly share very similar architectures because of the nature of the design.
 
 When it comes to sims there seems to be a loophole that allows for a computer generated copy to be constructed because it really isn't making the equipment in any way similar or infringing on the original design and it is usually named something similar so you know what it is supposed to sound like but they can't name it that.
 
 Cakewalk has partnered with Softube and more recently with a few others. The bloatware you sometimes get with a new DAW , like a cut down version of Guitar Rig is likely a kickback to Roland but I could be wrong.
 
 I see Cakewalk doing both their own development on new ideas and partnering when it might be advantageous to them and the customer. I personally have no problem with those deals because it usually adds up to a better experience overall.
 
 

With regard to dsp, I think the fanciest stuff is RnD'd by the military for scrounging details out of a seemingly confusing background. Then it seems as if bread and butter communications industries like the telephone industry picks up the ball and pushes things forward. I get the impression that music and sound for picture audio gets what's left.
 
With regards to the rack gear cpmments I made, you make a very good point. I happened to be thinking of all the discrete component clone type designs rather than the newer IC stuff, but your point is a good one.
 
Thanks for adding your thoughts.
 
best regards,
mike

Intellectual property is intellectual property..... whether it is a song writer who pens a #1 hit song that becomes a timeless standard and provides for his long term retirement funding through royalties from the copyright or a computer geek who writes the code to software that solves the problems of the world or at least a small percentage of them in the world of recording software.
 
Why should we deny the software coder the benefits of the work he did because "it's not art" as we determine art to be art?
 
Progress is only held back to the extent that other "less capable" coders are not able to write code as well, and are unwilling to pay the copyright fees to acquire it.
 

mike_mccue
With regard to dsp, I think the fanciest stuff is RnD'd by the military for scrounging details out of a seemingly confusing background. Then it seems as if bread and butter communications industries like the telephone industry picks up the ball and pushes things forward. I get the impression that music and sound for picture audio gets what's left.

You also have things like math/engineering students and researchers, astronomers, medical imaging and all the other folks that do sampling.
 
But interestingly, it seems that only in the audio world is digital sampling considered "controversial" in regard to any theoretical or practical limitations. 

There is no intent, on my part, to criticize the notion of intellectual property.
 
I am speaking of the idea that it might be helpful to have a clearer understanding of when and how we encounter it. I don't expect any one to volunteer the info, but I do think I'd find value in a greater awareness if someone made such info available.
 
 
all the best,
mike
 
 

drewfx1

mike_mccue
With regard to dsp, I think the fanciest stuff is RnD'd by the military for scrounging details out of a seemingly confusing background. Then it seems as if bread and butter communications industries like the telephone industry picks up the ball and pushes things forward. I get the impression that music and sound for picture audio gets what's left.

You also have things like math/engineering students and researchers, astronomers, medical imaging and all the other folks that do sampling.
 

 
Yes, of course. Thank you for mentioning this.
 
I was reading about dynamic convolution yesterday and one passage suggested methods of using it to enhance both MRI and Ultrasound interpretation.
 
all the best,
mike

Mooch4056
Who has the patent on Bapu?

(Sorry, I'm seeing dyslexic (again)).
I read it as.......Who is this patient Bapu?.......

drewfx1
 
But interestingly, it seems that only in the audio world is digital sampling considered "controversial" in regard to any theoretical or practical limitations. 

All I know is that when the big EMI spray goes down, my Class A tube amps will still be making the sweet skiffle.
 
Even if I have to use a couple car batteries for the B+.
 
;-)

mike_mccue

drewfx1
 
But interestingly, it seems that only in the audio world is digital sampling considered "controversial" in regard to any theoretical or practical limitations. 

All I know is that when the big EMI spray goes down, my Class A tube amps will still be making the sweet skiffle.
 
Even if I have to use a couple car batteries for the B+.
 
;-)

No.