It just shows you how out of touch the media is in general. FL Studio and Live are popular because you can create something right away. Beyond the surface these get very complex.
We live in a generation wanting instant results. How is this any different than learning an instrument. You could spend all day on a guitar playing an e minor chord or a Bb scale on a trombone but eventually one will have to desire to go deeper.
The average person likes to do things on a phone and there are beatmaking apps and that's as far as they want to go.
I think they've done more than enough in music software to make something simple. Some companies figured out that that home studio or hobbyist is a bigger market than the professionals.
That just shows you I've been out of touch with Valve in general. Their offerings like L4D and Portal never drew me in despite having them. HL2 will have a long existence with mods until it's broken in Windows.
Command and Conquer series was great but CnC3 you could tell it was going down hill.
There is a STALKER 2 being developed but it's not the same developer and so far they sys requirements are a testament how clueless game developers have become.
It seems like a nice upgrade except for price. I thought they were going in a direction of free DAW and make revenue from they synths. I never really liked it anyway. Bandlab and FL Studio seem more impressive every day. Like all developers they overprice their extreme package. I can't imagine someone paying a grand for a DAW loaded with software unless you are a professional.
People like to nickname it HL3. Meanwhile Valve is doing other things. For me the Steam platform is getting less favor when buying games. Ubisoft and EA have far better support. I seem to have bought more games from Epic.
It seems there is a pattern with game developers that after a sequel the 3rd time is not the charm. The Metro series weakness has always been optimization. There's a reason why games like CoD and GTA are big sellers is they don't require boutique hardware. Exodus and Just Cause 4 are the worst I've played.
Many of those games on that list were free at one time or another.
You got me thinking on that one. Unfortunately I make the mistake of not checking my PA account and I already have Iron. Twice I've bought a 2nd license from PA on accident.
i seem to have to wait for mine. The iLok registration codes are there but if you copy and paste them they don't work and not fill all of the spaces. Don't ditch that elicneser yet.
analog life found in our vintage modular and semi-modular synths. - such a marketing gimmick these days
I have a zillion one shots, that many synths, and let's not forget AAS Chronosphere and those synths don't eat 7GB of space.