notessimo

I don't really have much to add to what's been said, however, I would like to point something out to you, Star...

I don't think Flash supports VSTs. In fact, I'm almost entirely sure it doesn't. VSTs are written in C++ and what have you, meaning Flash would have to have some sort of "wrapper" utility (like it's called in FL) to bridge to external applications. And I don't think it does, unfortunately. Notessimo would have to evolve far beyond Flash for that to be possible, which kinda detracts from some of the points raised - less availability, less accessability, all that.

Sampling is fine in theory, as I've seen plenty of flash apps that let you load local files. However, that means Starburst has to have more servers and databases to handle all the uploading and downloading samples, users have to download files to make a song playable, and they might not even be small, short singular note files, they could be really big, long pad samples, vox pop samples etc., which if they have a higher bit rate (say 320kbs) could have disastrous effects on file size, and hence bigger server and storage costs for Star). So it'd  probably be best in practice to keep it the way it is and maybe just hope Star uploads more instrument packs for everyone.

Incidentally, first post. Hello again, everyone.