| Now, after letting the dissapointment wear off for a couple of hours - here's what I think.
The 003 is not an upgrade or a new "generation" of LE (despite what Digi says), it's simply a facelifted 002, a "product refresh".
What purpose does THAT serve ?
NONE - apart from giving a new and uniform look to the LE Family and the impression that things are evolving.
You see, I'M pretty sure there will be a 003 Pro. THAT unit MUST sport some sort of improvement in I/O and features. For that we'll have to wait maybe a year.
The 002 will be supported probably for as long as the current 003. Why ? IT'S THE SAME THING. There's no technical reason (like it was for the 001) to drop support for the 002 while keeping the 003. They're both gonna co-exist for a long time. IF Digi does drop the 002 somewhere down the line they are rightly labeled "Bastards".
If the 003PRO never materialize then I'll join you guy's in a group session chanting "we don't understand, we don't understand"....
Businesswise I can see this new facelifted 002 make some sense - but ONLY if in the greater sceme of things there is a 003PRO.
If not, then today we have witnessed the beginning of Digi's fall from it's "industry leader" position.
If you don't have the young up-and-coming guys using your stuff, then why would you presume that they will switch to HD when they make it big ?
Using Nuendo with all the available hardware options you are never gonna HAVE to switch for any other reason than that of compability. And if enough guys pass on LE and go Nuendo (or whatever) the non-PT guys are gonna grow in numbers and slowly start to cancel out that one reason to get HD - Compability.
I like PT, I run my business on an LE rig.
I just wish that there were something in between HD and the 003.
Rock on. |