Sorry, I've obviously missed the start of this issue. Are you saying that sampling to HD is patented and no one can develop software that has this functionality?
--- > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 20:43:16 -0500, Paul Davis wrote: > > >>Benno's disk sampler evo? would be cool :) > > > >yeah, it would, except that all of its developers have vanished off > >the face of the earth and nothing has happened to it in at least 6 > >months. not to mention that the hard part - designing and building a > >GUI - wasn't even started. at least we could get inspiration from > > Well being one of those people I guess I should speak up and debunk > the nasty rumor that I have "vanished off the face of the earth" > before it spreads. I'm just happen to be in lurker mode now. > > Since we are on the subject guess now is a good time to yap about the > current status. Or lack of current status perhaps. > > My last contact withs benno (who has the sampler code) was last > summer when I help provide him with some samples for demo he did at > LinuxTag. He mentioned that he has worked on the sampler code and > has improved it some but hasn't made another release yet. > > Further on the sampler side. I have purchased the patent and > challenge history for both of the patents held by Conexant and > Nemesis for a computer/disk based sampler. The patents are very > broad and IMHO very bogus.