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[quote author=JesseG link=topic=4977.msg18470#msg18470 date=1438811137]
Leif was with Linear Acoustic, who's now part of Telos, for over 10 years now. Longer than Breakaway has been around.

He didn't build his car stereo, he had a great custom shop do it.

10 years before Breakaway came out, the closest performing audio processing (and objectively not as good) was the Optimod 8200 which cost $10,000 in 1992 USD. Breakaway so far has break-even pricing. R&D had to be paid for, and what little support there is as well. The volume of sales was expected (and is) a lot more for the "Audio Enhancer" version, which is why it's cheaper. The "Broadcast" version has a lot less sales and the most technical features, which is why it costs more. When it came out, the broadcast industry FREAKED because of how cheap it was, and that when it came out it was easily one of a few of the best sounding audio processors at any price, easily competing with $10-13,000 processors of the day.

When he does take the time to make a new Breakaway, it'll use the unified code ("NewFramework") so technically he's been working on it this whole time.

Yes, there is basically zero changes in the audio that the new version will output, for the features it'll have. There should be a couple more controls and new presets though.

While Leif did say that everyone who bought a 0.x version will get 1.x versions for free, there's no legal requirement to releasing new versions at all, no matter if it's 0.x or 10.x version.

When Leif joined his second Telos company, Omnia, he made sure that he was allowed to continue Breakaway as he sees fit. He would have turned down Omnia if that wasn't part of the deal.

Lastly, I agree with what madmanjohn said here http://www.forumclaessonedwards.com/forum/index.php/topic,5092.msg18441.html#msg18441 and it's worded very well.

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If you don't like the sound of Breakaway, then you should consider using something else and be happy. If you like it, then you'll remain happy if/when a new version comes out because it'll basically sound the same. You'd be harming yourself for no reason to switch to a different processor that you don't like the sound of as much simply because a version hasn't been released in some years.

Leif is well aware that a few users, but not most, have had issues with Windows 10. WinLicense/Oreans and the other commercial copy protection used won't be part of the update. There should also be new methods of connecting to soundcards that have come out since the last release.

Leif knows that he's ignoring Breakaway right now, and he does feel bad about it. And yes, he's extremely busy. The last few months he's been working with Hans to help him prepare for his first contributions to Omnia products, and yes they are directly benefiting Stereo Tool as well. There's been a few benefits that Hans has brought to NewFramework as well, which will be part of any Breakaway update.

Don't waste your time here to just ask for a new version just to have a new version that will sound basically the same. Don't waste your time here if you don't like how Breakaway sounds as much as another audio processor that is within your budget.

If it isn't fun for you, do something else. 🙂
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It's not that any one is asking for updates with new features, but regular maintenance and bug fixes should be pushed out. For example the very old pipeline version, that is causing problems with Windows 8/8.1 and there are lots of reported bugs here in the forum.

Can you explain why the whole 'NewFramework' is needed, while the software would be fine with some bug fixes and occasional maintenance releases? I bet they would cost a lot les time to make.

Exactly. Just tell us if this software will never be updated again or give a decent roadmap. We are paying customers who run a (radio)business on this software.

Hardware needs to be replaced every now and then but if it's for BBP we are stuck with Windows XP. That's not acceptable.

Tell what the plans are, if there are none just close shop and maybe give some breakaway users discount for omnia 9/xe.