Well, count me in as one who disagrees with everything you saidnjh wrote:I do think its too much to ask musicians and bedroom producers(who they are marketing to) to pay for software especially when you consider what else is out there and when you consider that bitwig is not original and really doesn't bring anything new.
Like this: the price is not too high, and the "not original and really doesn't bring anything new" you have mentioned more than once... is basically just tired trolling. Objectively speaking, this software brings a lot to the table as the first ever alternative that includes (but isn't limited to) the paradigm Live has dominated for so long. Having used Live for about a decade (coming from a tracker background and Logic before it, nowadays also using Studio One a lot) and having quite broad experience on environments like this in production use, both music and sound design, I can appreciate what Bitwig is trying to do -- and it seems to be doing it very well.
The way you see "bedroom producer" in the marketing is just as biased as you see "not original and doesn't bring anything new." That's my impression at the moment, anyway: please link the overwhelming majority of their marketing material that emphasizes this being a product for "bedroom producers."
At least on their front page the software is being marketed as follows: "It is the result of passionate musicians wanting a more natural way to create music and sound. Bitwig Studio is a multi-platform music-creation system for production, remixing and performance with a focus on flexible editing tools and a super-fast workflow."
Tough luck getting Live either, then . As Bitwig also runs on Linux, hopefully you can appreciate that the "high starting cost" of $400 means that the hypothetical customers you speak of can indeed install a free OS even if they'd like to use a DAW of this particular paradigm. Before this, they would have needed to pay (more) for Live, and on top of that, purchase a commercial OS.njh wrote:You people that say $400.00 is reasonable are being selfish by not realizing there is another world out there full of "2nd and 3rd world countries" who cant afford $400.00 for software. What are you going to tell them people to do, get a job and save?