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storytold/soundcraft
An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Avid Pro Tools in pure Rust
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Legal compliance, distinct brand identity within the audio software market.
This discussion reveals a critical legal and branding risk associated with the product name "Soundcraft." The existence of a well-established audio hardware company with the same name creates significant trademark infringement exposure and market confusion. The proposed alternatives (SonusCraft, MixCraft, AudioCraft, WaveCraft) highlight the difficulty in finding a unique, relevant, and legally clear name within the crowded audio software ecosystem. The immediate need for a name change is paramount to mitigate legal liabilities and establish a distinct brand identity. Failure to address this proactively will impede market entry, marketing efforts, and overall product legitimacy.
An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Avid Pro Tools in pure Rust
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JACK is cross-platform and runs on Linux, Windows, macOS, and FreeBSD.
Pipewire is Linux-only, so would cover much less use-cases.
Just go for (proper) JACK support (read: open arbitrary ports not tied to a physical device) and let pipewire-jack handle it for the PW folks.
Pipewire is Linux-only, so would cover much less use-cases.
Just go for (proper) JACK support (read: open arbitrary ports not tied to a physical device) and let pipewire-jack handle it for the PW folks.
> 2\. +1 for Pipewire 1st, over JACK, please. The last thing we need is to be forced to use the older, deprecated, more convoluted for the end user sound system. To put it bluntly: without pipewire support, nobody is going to use this.
I wouldn't exactly call JACK deprecated. Its like saying ASIO is more convoluted than WSAPI when it just targets a very specific use case.
most software targets pulseaudio and/or jack and lets pipewire pick up through the compatibility interfaces. pw-jack for example lets you subsume ardour or carla in to a pipewire desktop even though those only speak JACK.
I wouldn't exactly call JACK deprecated. Its like saying ASIO is more convoluted than WSAPI when it just targets a very specific use case.
most software targets pulseaudio and/or jack and lets pipewire pick up through the compatibility interfaces. pw-jack for example lets you subsume ardour or carla in to a pipewire desktop even though those only speak JACK.
> 2\. +1 for Pipewire 1st, over JACK, please. The last thing we need is to be forced to use the older, deprecated, more convoluted for the end user sound system. To put it bluntly: without pipewire support, nobody is going to use this.
Indeed, most definitely Pipewire. I am using pipewire-jack on my machine rather that just JACK but some people will likely have the JACK server as a standlaone implementation so the application needs to be compliled with that in mind.
Indeed, most definitely Pipewire. I am using pipewire-jack on my machine rather that just JACK but some people will likely have the JACK server as a standlaone implementation so the application needs to be compliled with that in mind.
+1 for Pipewire 1st, over JACK, please. The last thing we need is to be forced to use the older, deprecated, more convoluted for the end user sound system. To put it bluntly: without pipewire support, nobody is going to use this.
All good!
Thnx
Ian
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Subject: Re: [storytold/soundcraft] Windows: all Cmd+ keyboard shortcuts do nothing (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+B, Ctrl+Space, …) (Issue #41)
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This is the same bug as #15 , and #20 (open) already fixes it: off macOS, a held Ctrl now counts as the shortcut's Cmd, with tests for both platforms. So I won't open a second PR here.
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Thnx
Ian
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Subject: Re: [storytold/soundcraft] Windows: all Cmd+ keyboard shortcuts do nothing (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+B, Ctrl+Space, …) (Issue #41)
MarekSpodBiedry left a comment (storytold/soundcraft#41)
This is the same bug as #15 , and #20 (open) already fixes it: off macOS, a held Ctrl now counts as the shortcut's Cmd, with tests for both platforms. So I won't open a second PR here.
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Good point.
> 4\. You can already get Ableton Live mostly for free with the Lite version? (some limits like 8 tracks but most of the stuff in Studio is there)
> Seems a little like reinventing the wheel.
yes but ableton is not linux friendly...
> Seems a little like reinventing the wheel.
yes but ableton is not linux friendly...
You can already get Ableton Live mostly for free with the Lite version? (some limits like 8 tracks but most of the stuff in Studio is there)
Seems a little like reinventing the wheel.
Seems a little like reinventing the wheel.
What about AudioCraft or WaveCraft?
FruityCraft would be awesome
> 2\. Just throwing in MixCraft and AudioCraft for options.
> Was also thinking the same about Soundcaft and their long history in audio gear. It depends on the actual classifications they registered the TM with, but better safe than sorry.
Mixcraft is already an existing 20+ year-old DAW by the company Acoustica.
> Was also thinking the same about Soundcaft and their long history in audio gear. It depends on the actual classifications they registered the TM with, but better safe than sorry.
Mixcraft is already an existing 20+ year-old DAW by the company Acoustica.
+1 for Ableton Live :)
This is the same bug as #15, and #20 (open) already fixes it: off macOS, a held Ctrl now counts as the shortcut's Cmd, with tests for both platforms. So I won't open a second PR here.
I'm working on this.
> 2\. Just throwing in MixCraft and AudioCraft for options.
> Was also thinking the same about Soundcaft and their long history in audio gear. It depends on the actual classifications they registered the TM with, but better safe than sorry.
unfortunantely, you can't
the word "MixCraft" will be confused with the word "MixCloud", a DJ set, Soundcloud esque hosting company
> Was also thinking the same about Soundcaft and their long history in audio gear. It depends on the actual classifications they registered the TM with, but better safe than sorry.
unfortunantely, you can't
the word "MixCraft" will be confused with the word "MixCloud", a DJ set, Soundcloud esque hosting company
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