The Logic Off Topic list

--- In logic-ot@yahoogroups.com, mercutio <mercutio@c...> wrote:
> 
> On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 09:57 AM, itsplayed wrote:
> 
> > I'm afraid that in
> > the future if you want the software that'll run on
> > your Mac, you'll need to turn to Apple more and more.
> >
> You may be right... Apple may even just die. 

I think Apple might have a great future ahead of them as an online 
MP3 provider, for all platforms. The record companies don't seem to 
have a clue, Apple have the startup funds and the focus, and the iPod 
as a perfect entry point, and if they do it properly ... it could 
give them a new revenue stream that wouldn't need them to spend 
anything on inventory or anything on R&D (other than the computer 
systems needed to run the indexes, deliver the files and take the 
money). They could turn into the "downloadable music" equivalent of 
Amazon (but needing no stock or warehouses!). 

Hell, if they become #1 in online music, why bother making computers 
any more? :-)


> But since I already prefer Logic, FCP et al to their respective 
> competitors, its not a problem at least for the present.

Yep, but remember that Apple weren't capable of writing logic and FCP 
themselves ... those apps were written independently, outside Apple's 
corporate umbrella, and we still need to see how they develop once 
the new corporate priorities are taken into account.
Apple may well consider that logic6x is already "good enough", and 
that their bought-in emagic brains might only be allowed to continue 
to work on it if they spend time working on more "popular" Apple 
projects rather than on a logic7. 

Maybe Apple might want a killer karaoke programme, or an 
autoarranger, or a "put together your own hit single from these 
component parts" program , or a "learn to play guitar along with 
whatever's in this week's top ten" system. If they end up running a 
major MP3 business, they might want to explore all sorts of wild and 
wacky MP3-related software ideas. They'll probably be wanting to look 
at anything they can sell to their new MP3 userbase.

Maybe a new type of easy-to-use entry-level sequencer, with big 
animated icons, new softinstruments and happy-happy-appley front-ends 
on everything?