Jul
20
Why can’t digital music be sold in a mixable format?
Why can’t digital music be sold in a mixable format?: “What I want is a file format that carries each track—unmixed. Then I want a ‘mix’ file, say in XML, that contains the artist’s preferred mix of the tracks. But then I want to be able to tweak it and mix my own version.”
Trent Reznor did it first more than a year ago, when he released the first single of NIN’s—then—upcoming album as a GarageBand file for fan remixes. Sadly, no-one has followed him since then.
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