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A Custom Audio File Format – "Chunky" But Not Necessarily Large

A Custom Audio File Format – "Chunky" But Not Necessarily Large

by Scott Kane on 12. May, 2009 in .Net 2, .net, 30Dayers, 30days, Audio Software, C#, ISV Software Design, Micro ISV, Starting an mISV, VB.Net, VisualStudio, Windows, bootstrap isv

For those of you familiar with Sony Acid Pro, originally called “ACID pH1″ by it’s creators at SonicFoundry, you’ll probably be familiar with the Acid variation of Riff/Wave format and it’s incredible ability to “know” what key it is, what tempo and the nature of its’ playback in respect of being a clip or more commonly a “loop”. It’s the core of the product and what allows the short audio clip to be so darn powerful for people creating loop based music.

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If It Quacks Like A Duck It's Shareware Mate!

by Scott Kane on 08. Apr, 2008 in Download Sites Are Spam, ISV Software Design, Uncategorized

..Or Getting Rid Of That Infernal Noise A lot of folks are going to get incredibly annoyed at this entry (you know who you are). OK.  I’m a moderator of three Usenet big 8 newsgroups (comp hierarchy) and they relate specifically to so called “shareware”.  I’ve been the moderator there since there inception a decade [...]

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If You Don’t Love It Don’t Release It!

by Scott Kane on 20. Mar, 2008 in Download Sites Are Spam, ISV Software Design, Uncategorized

One of the things that really bugs me is seeing software that not even its mother, the software designer, loves. We see it all the time with ugly screens, broken functionality, sixteen bit icons, stolen icons, icons that come with the IDE etc ad nauseam.  Why?  Because the developer gets a “hot idea”, plugs away [...]

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