It's still not comparable at all. Every different synth or plugin, whether it be an emulation or something new, has different underlying code to reach their objectives. The way Arturia gets "minimoog" is far different code then what GForce uses etc... However they then turn that code into output to your daw, or how that compares to people considering audio engines in daws or whatever is kinda like comparing the gyro's in des moines, Iowa and a prince song kinda thing.

they just aren't related you know?

and yes, such coding and approaches and everything else ARE considered and spoken about. in depth. often. Why a lot of us don't like certain devs and/or prefer others.

 

I think 100% of softs could be out and people would still claim that the scene is on its way to the graveyard. There is so much stuff released each day that it's almost impossible to keep up, especially if you're actually spending time doing things like--oh, I don't know--working on music and/or audio.

People are just entitled and peeved that they can't get their hands on the most up-to-date version of some "exclusive" software which isn't even that special. It's not even that exclusive, as you can rent almost anything you want.

I think a lot of it is people looking for excuses at why they're not getting anything significant done. It must be the teams, the big bad evil corporations, the lack of high-speed hosts for free users, or whatever whatever.

 

You have to consider that when a team releases something to the entire world, the IP holders can easily figure out what exploit was used. If that exploit can be patched without affecting legit users then that makes the exploit useless in the future. Also, if multiple software depends on the same or similar protection then that will close the door on those as well.

Sometimes the teams keep stuff internal until there's a critical mass of softs which are worthwhile to release, and also so they and their peers can at least use the software for themselves instead of releasing it publicly and having to find a new approach to cracking it all when the protection gets changed by the IP holder.