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I don't think that's necessarily correct. Music production software isn't as dystopian partially because of the absolute market dominance of Logic Pro - anythin

I don't think that's necessarily correct. Music production software isn't as dystopian partially because of the absolute market dominance of Logic Pro - anything else can't compete with it, so the last thing those companies want is more reasons for their customers to not use them. The other reason is people making money - the vast, vast majority of people will never make money from music production or guitar plugins (not because it is inherently worse, but because a lot more people do it for fun, v/s photo or video editing). Photoshop and Premier know that a substantial amount of customers use their products to make a living. OTOH, what you're saying is definitely true to some extent for Guitar Plugins et al. Native Instruments has a bunch of free guitar plugins, and Tonebridge is amazing, and neither have any reason to be free.

Kye 5y ago
>> "I don't think that's necessarily correct. Music production software isn't as dystopian partially because of the absolute market dominance of Logic Pro - anything else can't compete with it, so the last thing those companies want is more reasons for their customers to not use them." This is news to me. It seems like the major DAWs have each cornered a particular sub-market. Cubase for orchestral, Pro Tools for studios, Live for live electronic stuff and EDM in general. Then there are smaller ones that claim share on the weaknesses of the others: Studio One, BitWig, Reaper, FL Studio, etc. I've been in this for a long time and never got a sense that Logic Pro was more than a strong contender. And I mainly get that sense from Logic Pro users who describe it as an oft-ignored underdog. Is your claim only an intuitive thing based on the limits of one person's perspective, or do you have some stats for it? I couldn't find anything. My view is based on accounts from people who use it. You're the first to describe it as dominant.

Kye 5y ago

>> "I don't think that's necessarily correct. Music production software isn't as dystopian partially because of the absolute market dominance of Logic Pro - anything else can't compete with it, so the last thing those companies want is more reasons for their customers to not use them." This is news to me. It seems like the major DAWs have each cornered a particular sub-market. Cubase for orchestral, Pro Tools for studios, Live for live electronic stuff and EDM in general. Then there are smaller ones that claim share on the weaknesses of the others: Studio One, BitWig, Reaper, FL Studio, etc. I've been in this for a long time and never got a sense that Logic Pro was more than a strong contender. And I mainly get that sense from Logic Pro users who describe it as an oft-ignored underdog. Is your claim only an intuitive thing based on the limits of one person's perspective, or do you have some stats for it? I couldn't find anything. My view is based on accounts from people who use it. You're the first to describe it as dominant.