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To truly support downstream remixing, musicians would need to distribute the original, separate tracks. Occasionally an independent musician will do this, but i

To truly support downstream remixing, musicians would need to distribute the original, separate tracks. Occasionally an independent musician will do this, but it's not at all common AFAIK.

Const-me 9y ago
For software, you have a source code, you compile it with a standard-complying compiler, and you’ll more or less reproduce the result. Music is different. If you have the original multi-track composition, you can’t reproduce the result unless you also have the original DAW software (of the specific version), and all the original VST plugins (again, of the specific version each). All that software is non-free, and typically it’s quite expensive (esp. VSTi). Some software/plugins are only available on Windows or Mac. There’s little to no compatibility even across different versions of the same software. Musicians don’t support nor maintain their music. Therefore, DAW software vendors don’t care about open formats, interoperability, or standardization.
- ibn_ibid 9y ago
  You could bounce each track as an individual audio file
- mwcampbell 9y ago
  All true. One independent musician that I like, Kevin Reeves, made the tracks from his first album available for free download for a while. But he published them as WAV files. So, of course, one could only create one's own mixes, not easily reproduce his. But if he had just posted the files saved by his DAW (or his mix engineer's DAW), that would have been useless to just about everyone. Aside: Though the album was completed in mid-2006, it was recorded with DAW software that was obsolete even then, specifically an old version of Pro Tools for Mac OS 9, because both Kevin and his mix engineer (for that album) are blind, and Pro Tools for OS X was inaccessible to blind users at the time. BTW, I'm merely a dilettante when it comes to recording and especially mixing.
- golergka 9y ago
  Traktor stems and remix decks though.

To truly support downstream remixing, musicians would need to distribute the original, separate tracks. Occasionally an independent musician will do this, but it's not at all common AFAIK.

Const-me 9y ago

For software, you have a source code, you compile it with a standard-complying compiler, and you’ll more or less reproduce the result. Music is different. If you have the original multi-track composition, you can’t reproduce the result unless you also have the original DAW software (of the specific version), and all the original VST plugins (again, of the specific version each). All that software is non-free, and typically it’s quite expensive (esp. VSTi). Some software/plugins are only available on Windows or Mac. There’s little to no compatibility even across different versions of the same software. Musicians don’t support nor maintain their music. Therefore, DAW software vendors don’t care about open formats, interoperability, or standardization.

ibn_ibid 9y ago
You could bounce each track as an individual audio file
mwcampbell 9y ago
All true. One independent musician that I like, Kevin Reeves, made the tracks from his first album available for free download for a while. But he published them as WAV files. So, of course, one could only create one's own mixes, not easily reproduce his. But if he had just posted the files saved by his DAW (or his mix engineer's DAW), that would have been useless to just about everyone. Aside: Though the album was completed in mid-2006, it was recorded with DAW software that was obsolete even then, specifically an old version of Pro Tools for Mac OS 9, because both Kevin and his mix engineer (for that album) are blind, and Pro Tools for OS X was inaccessible to blind users at the time. BTW, I'm merely a dilettante when it comes to recording and especially mixing.
golergka 9y ago
Traktor stems and remix decks though.