Ain't nothing wrong with a Miko or Neko ... they are fine products. Competition is a good thing. I know that the TF is different enough that it will appeal to some, and not to others.
j.troup said:
What about the important thing....SUPPORT??
3 things:
1) 24/7 phone support
2) Remote login support (similar to what OL offers, but advanced diagnostics available to the online support tech)
3) Optional remote backup service. Yes, your
entire TF can be backed up to remote servers. (Honestly, this does work very well ... I know what you're thinking about mulit-GB libraries, etc. ... it just works, trust me) We can overnight you replacement system or data disks ...
with all your stuff on it.
Obitheincredible said:
... Also why not reaper as a installed daw?
There's nothing
technical preventing Reaper from running on a TF. We are trying - however - to stick to some pretty clear design goals and principles. Chief among these is that we really need to avoid - from a marketing standpoint - anything which makes the TF look like a copy of an OL product.
We don't want to push the TF as "just a cheaper version of a Miko" ... because it's really NOT. Even with some of the clear technical and perfomance advantages of the TF ... things get lost in the "fog of marketing" and you never know what people get fixated on. I and my team understand quite well that the simple fact that the OL products have been around longer will lead some to conclude that they are better, somehow "more professional" or "the real thing".
One of the ways we need to do that is to have a
clearly different product branding strategy. That's why there will be at least one, (and probably three or four) custom "TF Only" VST instruments,
lots of exclusive content, etc.
We are also clear that as a company, we don't want to be "freeware grifters" ... meaning that we fully intend to compensate the authors of some of the better freeware products instead of just including their stuff on the TF and giving back
nothing to the developers.
Dealing with integrity with both our customers and suppliers is an absolute LAW with my team. We could easily include Reaper, pay Cockos nothing and just include a section in the manual asking the customer to pony up the licensing fee ... not gonna go there, because it makes for an awkward relationship between all the parties involved. We have similar feelings about "LE" or "Lite" editions of various software ... we think that's sortof cheating when you are promising your customers a premium product.
What this means for our customers is that we won't just be throwing in "all sorts of stuff", but only very good "ethically grown" stuff ... more than you need, all top quality and no surprises or funny business.
Reaper is a fine product, and we may yet decide to include it. It's just one of those hard decisions.
