Livetronica Studio, the next generation of DJ DAWs.

**spencer4hire** · 06-20-2012, 12:59 PM

Yeah. I too had stability problems on my quad core i5 HP laptop. It didn't freeze like you mention but I couldn't get it to run right. Very slow. Seems like he needs some development help.

**synthet1c** · 06-20-2012, 02:52 PM

how long does it typically take to open for you? I'm pretty impatient I guess...

**Cusp** · 07-07-2012, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by spencer4hire

Yeah haters gonna hate, as they say.

These guys are complaining about the scratching demonstration and the GUI being designed by an engineer but they don't offer to help in any way shape or form. That's simply trolling. Just ignore em.

Considering this is just one person developing this software I am impressed. I've offered to help the developer with GUI improvements. I think the ugly interface is what really will turn people off. The way The One does it is far better and I think it would be a good idea to work from that styling guide.

But some people will just hate the idea of a customizable user interface to begin with. They are unable to think of how they would use it and apply that same internalized limitation on everyone else.

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I feel exactly the same way... I even (unintentionally) posted about this software on another link. I also offered to help them with the graphics as well (because, well... I have a degree in 3D Animation and I'd really like to see this program take off). There are a few things I'd like to see improved, but nothing tops the "scratch anything" and pitch-shift to frequency-accurate note ability. Hopefully, I'll get to hang out with these guys and talk about what I'd like to see happen with the software. It's just surprising that one programmer can get so much right where teams of them just can't seem to.

**synthet1c** · 07-07-2012, 11:57 AM

It's probably because there is is no bureaucrats holding him back, check what gwen did with djdecks, a lot of it's functionalty was from requests on his forum... Although this is one step further as it allows vst instruments natively. I'd love for this to work, but it's just not stable enough yet.

**aaronleese** · 07-14-2012, 12:18 PM

Hey guys -

This is the programmer in question. Thanks for all the feedback above. I just stumbled upon this thread and, well, have a few thoughts.

First off, thanks for the kudos on all my hard work. This has been a long couple years getting this program to where it is - there is a lot to work out still but it's moving fast. The bureaucracy comment is right on point - if you have a very direct goal and not a lot of meetings/discussions/shareholdes/QA - things tend to go pretty fast (as opposed to a project like, say, the bridge, which took years to *develop* ... I mean, you can't scratch backwards ... come on ableton/serato).

Being a one man operation, however, also means I don't have 10 different computers to test on and a staff to help out .... so I rely on feedback and update the beta frequently. The windows issues referenced above were cleared up last week for example (openGL was a problem on the windows side for many users). There are, of course, lots of other issues being worked through currently.

DigitalTiger - thanks for the offers, I will contact you and would love to hear you're thoughts and maybe work together.

With regards to scratching skillz .... yeah, I'm working on it. Also, working on getting some scratch DJs to come demo the program (seems 95% of DJs don't actually scratch ..... no surprise there). Please feel free drop me line if you would like to help out

**spencer4hire** · 07-15-2012, 07:26 PM

Aaron great work on the program! I also would like to help you with the GUI but beyond that I think the program is stellar. The newer beta does seem far more stable and I plan on playing around with it. Where is the source? Or is this open source yet?

**aaronleese** · 07-15-2012, 08:26 PM

Hey Spencer -

Thanks! It is not currently open source (though certain parts of it will be in the future). What programming experience do you have? The program is written in C++ using the JUCE libraries. Drop me a line on the forum or through the website and I'll get back to from my email.

**GeekGod** · 07-16-2012, 07:58 AM

You mention that this is written using the Juice library which is GPL.

How do you plan on satisfying the GPL requirements by only opening up parts of the program? You might want to consult with the Free Software foundation because my understanding is once you link with that library you must open up the rest of your program (open source it).

EDIT: Some resources you might want to look into.

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.html