[Ardour-Users] Ardour-Users Digest, Vol 72, Issue 18

[Patrick Shirkey]

On 01/25/2010 07:52 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> But why won't pay studios, I at least don't know any studio using 
> Ardour ... please no competition ... Why doesn't get Paul enough money?
>


This is the exact reason for the existing system. Even though Ardour is 
used in Universal studios as the engine for the Harrision (500 track?) 
console that does not get enough press to encourage more studios to make 
the switch from their proprietry based world to what's on offer here.  
However there are over 5000 downloads a month directly from the website 
let alone all the distro users who get it from a repo.

That means there is a significant number of people using ardour but not 
contributing to the community, codebase or financially in any way.

The options that you have outlined were discussed in detail last year 
for over 30 days straight and the decision was made at that time to go 
with the current system as the other options were not viable or 
acceptable to Paul or the wider community.

Before you go on I suggest you read the thread from Jan 2009 on ardour 
dev. Then you will be up to speed and not going over the same thing again.


Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd