Members Jon Chappell Posted May 12, 2011 Members Share Posted May 12, 2011 Skype is a brilliant piece of technology that's had a wayward path as a business. (It's been bought and sold a few times, losing value along the way). But now that Microsoft bought it and is pouring resources into it, it will be here to stay. Has anyone ever used Skype to rehearse? My duo partner and I do it all the time, because you can see each other and react to each other's cues. Whereas a cellphone is impossible (that whole "talking over each other" thing that didn't exist with land lines), videochat via Skype is amazing. Is anyone else giving lessons, or rehearsing, or collaborating via Skype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jwlussow Posted May 12, 2011 Members Share Posted May 12, 2011 I sure hope they don't Microsoftize it. They are much better now but there was a time when they had a real anti-midas touch. Everything they got a hold of turned to {censored}. The running joke at the time was the only thing that Microsoft would produce that wouldn't suck would be a vacuum. I sure hope they don't kill Skype because it has tremendous potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ggm1960 Posted May 12, 2011 Members Share Posted May 12, 2011 Skype is very cool to be sure but it's always had issues for me. Crappy sound is at the top of the list and then there's choppy video and lag also. So far I've only used it to chat with far away family/friends and it's great for that. I used it succesfully to video chat on my older core 2 duo MBP but recently when I tried it with my new i5 MBP I was getting a terrible feedback and echo that I couldn't get rid of. Like alot of other things, it will probably boil down to bandwidth issues. We need more dependable, and faster, networks to make it a reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TrickyBoy Posted May 12, 2011 Members Share Posted May 12, 2011 I took a lesson via skype and it worked great. It's amazing to be in Louisiana and be able to learn real time from a Berklee grad in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kmart Posted May 12, 2011 Members Share Posted May 12, 2011 I sure hope they don't kill Skype because it has tremendous potential. Kill it? Not a chance at all. Unless you mean to include "accidental death by misadventure" as a possible cause.But not something MS will do willingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members netwerx1 Posted May 12, 2011 Members Share Posted May 12, 2011 I took a lesson on Skype recently from a guy in the UK...it was cool, although there was latency, which is to be expected at such a distance. I can see where it would be a better experience at smaller distances, provided the bandwidth was sufficient on both ends. There are services for this too, like eJamming which looks interesting: http://www.ejamming.com/learn-more/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted May 12, 2011 Members Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nice. Now it's going to suck. I guess that's the new American dream: Build a company good enough to be bought out by Microsoft, or Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jbviper4 Posted May 18, 2011 Members Share Posted May 18, 2011 Tried it and failed a couple of times. Too much lag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chaff67 Posted May 18, 2011 Members Share Posted May 18, 2011 So I quickly read the title as "Microsoft buys Skype for $8.58" I think it's time to get reading glasses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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