Is Adobe Delaying Online Music Applications????

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Developers Say Adobe Is Delaying Online Music Apps
By Eliot Van Buskirk
Some developers of audio applications see online music mixers, studios and instruments as the next wave of music creation. The two biggest trends in music are online distribution and social networking... why not combine them further upstream?

For developers working on online music creation applications, Adobe's Flash is the natural option, in part because it's installed on over 97 percent of internet-enabled PCs according to Adobe. However, the audio application developers behind Adobe, Make Some Noise say the company needs to get with the program, so to speak, if it wants Flash to be the go-to platform for online music creation.

"We see software moving into the internet daily," wrote Joe Ebert, a contributor to the site. "Only audio is missing at the moment." Case in point: when Hobnox developed AudioTool, it had to use Java for some of the audio features, requiring users who don't have it to go through another install process.

Full Story Below:
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/05/software-develo.html

By Eliot Van Buskirk May 13, 2008 | 11:52:22 PMCategories: Digital Music News