[Vorbis] MT9 Capabilities

[Ian Malone]

2008/8/20 Daniel Schregenberger <daniel at despite.ch>:
> Hello,
>
> I think this is a nice idea, but I doubt it is of any use to the mass and
> therefore not of big interest to the music industry, which (Britney Spears
> and Co prove it) focuses on the mass and only on the mass.
>
> My considerations include:
>  a) Mixing is a very, very hard thing to do (I'm speaking from experience)
> and costs lots of time. I believe most users won't be satisfied by their
> own results and therefore ignore it. Or just lack the time to do it.
>  b) I wonder how this can handle things like guitars changing the position
> (left, right, middle for stereo). traditional mixing allows this and is
> probably used in an almost unnoticable amount (unnoticable in the full
> mix that is), but as said: mixing is rocket science.
>  c) Remember the <many> possible viewing angles a DVD allows? I don't know
> a single movie using it (yes, I don't own porn DVDs).
>  d) Similar to Tor I don't think an industry trying to stop DRM-free
> digital distribution will support a technology enabling mixing etc.
>  e) ...
>

Might still have a niche use for artists (as in people who create art)
and DJ-ing.

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imalone