So why did Magix buy it?inkwarp wrote:there is nothing to work ON. acid had slipped into redundancy after some half arsed attempt to implement midi and try and make the mixing aspect of things a little more sophisticated etc.
Magix buys Sony Creative Software (Acid)
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- KVRian
- 974 posts since 16 Jan, 2012 from UK
that's for us to find out....Numanoid wrote:So why did Magix buy it? :?inkwarp wrote:there is nothing to work ON. acid had slipped into redundancy after some half arsed attempt to implement midi and try and make the mixing aspect of things a little more sophisticated etc.
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- KVRAF
- 6154 posts since 4 Dec, 2004
Interesting development.
I expect the Vegas UI to change now, to look... flashier.
I do think Sony did the right thing with the new product for the long haul, going with something new and cross platform. They probably had trouble breaking into the market fully if many pro video editors are maybe on Mac.
I expect the Vegas UI to change now, to look... flashier.
I do think Sony did the right thing with the new product for the long haul, going with something new and cross platform. They probably had trouble breaking into the market fully if many pro video editors are maybe on Mac.
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- KVRAF
- 1869 posts since 12 Mar, 2004
They had zero trouble breaking in to any industry, Vegas is used the world over in low to super high end studios, the "Pro" video editors as you put it, care less about which OS they use than what toilet paper is in the loo, if it gets the job done quicker thanything else, you damn well use it haha, that is currently one industry where two hours is the difference between employment and unemployment.
Duh
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- KVRAF
- 6154 posts since 4 Dec, 2004
I wasn't making an argument there, but everything here turns into one.
From what I can tell, Vegas has about a 15% share of the pro market, significantly behind Premiere (over 60%) and Final Cut Pro. I have no desire to argue those numbers, don't care really, but feel free.
Those numbers come from an 89 page industry report that costs $5k. http://www.reportlinker.com/p01056004-s ... arket.html
No idea how prevalent Vegas is in Hollywood compared to Avid or FCP but I assume not that much or they'd probably not be sellng it. But otoh, I don't pretend to know everything so, maybe.
From what I can tell, Vegas has about a 15% share of the pro market, significantly behind Premiere (over 60%) and Final Cut Pro. I have no desire to argue those numbers, don't care really, but feel free.
Those numbers come from an 89 page industry report that costs $5k. http://www.reportlinker.com/p01056004-s ... arket.html
No idea how prevalent Vegas is in Hollywood compared to Avid or FCP but I assume not that much or they'd probably not be sellng it. But otoh, I don't pretend to know everything so, maybe.
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- KVRian
- 974 posts since 16 Jan, 2012 from UK
the reason people use vegas is that it is very intuitive to use and quick to learn. i have used it for many years and still think it is a marvellous program. the price does not reflect that quality perhaps in the same way that people value Reaper very little without finding out that it is just as good if not better than a lot of it's competitors.
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- KVRAF
- 6154 posts since 4 Dec, 2004
Not sure what you mean. Vegas Pro costs about $600 I think.inkwarp wrote: the price does not reflect that quality perhaps in the same way that people value Reaper very little without finding out that it is just as good if not better than a lot of it's competitors.
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- KVRAF
- 7624 posts since 21 Dec, 2002 from MD USA
would be awesome to get acid pro 64 bit
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- KVRAF
- 35262 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
Tbh, i do believe that a lot of "pro" video editors use a Mac for their work. Just like many photo editors, and people who make music, or who are generally into arts. I didn't even know that Vegas is Windows only. I thought it was multi platform.bungle wrote:They had zero trouble breaking in to any industry, Vegas is used the world over in low to super high end studios, the "Pro" video editors as you put it, care less about which OS they use than what toilet paper is in the loo, if it gets the job done quicker thanything else, you damn well use it haha, that is currently one industry where two hours is the difference between employment and unemployment.
- KVRian
- 974 posts since 16 Jan, 2012 from UK
yes, that is an important point to make. i am sure that a cross platform version would have dramatically affected development. it's a little bit like not being able to use Logic as it is mac only... a bit anyway
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- KVRAF
- 6154 posts since 4 Dec, 2004
Oh, I got you. What did Premiere cost before they went subscription? I don't even remember tbh, but yeah, to your point, there are video NLE's that cost a good bit more than $600.inkwarp wrote:i meant to say in comparison to premiere etc..
- KVRAF
- 23288 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
Not sure about Hohner Midia actually...khanyz wrote: Then who were Hohner Midia and who wrote the Amiga version of Samplitude?
The first version of Samplitude was developed for Amiga as a university project - afaik they sold it already back then (pre Magix) which made the Magix founder aware of it and he approached them in order to suggest joining forces (until then Magix was selling computer hardware) - and subsequently they developed Music Maker based on Samplitude, which was their first release for PC. So either way, the core developers were always the same, regardless under which company name Samplitude was published.
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- Banned
- 5357 posts since 7 May, 2015
Because in order for apple to buy magix, they needed for magix to eat up another company. Now, apple can convert everything to mac, ditch windows, and rebirth acidized files to take over the world.Numanoid wrote:So why did Magix buy it?inkwarp wrote:there is nothing to work ON. acid had slipped into redundancy after some half arsed attempt to implement midi and try and make the mixing aspect of things a little more sophisticated etc.
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- Banned
- 22457 posts since 5 Sep, 2001
i think this will be ok. Put it this way, things were not going well, so how much worse could it actually be? Sony's development pace was abysmal.. So before we judge, let's just at least give magix one chance.. they might surprise us all!