Hey all,
Recently I sat down and thought very hard about what my goals for Midinous were, are, and could be. I have always wanted Midinous to be a program that is accessible to as many people as I can provide it to. I don't have the best support or knowledge to localize Midinous or its documentation, and I do apologize to any non-English speakers.
I wanted to really analyze the way Midinous is priced in certain regions and for certain people. I recognize that compared to other software or games created by independent developers, Midinous is on the expensive side, but in terms of an audio utility is quite the steal. I think a lot of the audio community is almost desensitized to the constant insane prices for plugins and I just don't agree with charging that much for a powerful tool. Why would we not want to get the tool in as many hands as possible?
With that being said, I have carefully looked at the way Midinous is priced around the world and I've adjusted prices based not on a straight conversion, but on economic and socio-political situations in certain regions. It's not enough to just convert the currency and be done with it -- I live in a country where the value of a dollar is very high. It is unreasonable to put that expectation on other countries that are not economically similar.
I have not and won't ever raise the price of Midinous. You can hold me to that. It's partly the reason I attempt to be in every sale available to me. Yes I do think the program is worth 25.00 USD, but that's its worth to me, an American living in America and I'm used to spending way too much money to live so I kinda know how the US dollar works, but I have absolutely no reference outside of my country and I shouldn't put a financial burden on countries based on my one experience.
I hope to continue to keep Midinous an accessible piece of software and I will continue to support it on as many platforms as I can for as long as I am able.
I also hope that you are well, and that you are having a nice winter. I've got some fixes and a few new things coming up in the next updates. I'm also working on a new video about my name change experience in NC, be on the lookout for that!
Happy creating.
Jae ♥