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Old 23rd June 2009   #60
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Originally Posted by Shaggy2039 View Post
If Apple is working on a new system based on Logic with some sort of proprietary hardware component (I'm guessing Apogee for converters) then this is exactly the move you would make to overtake PT. You would grab their senior staff who have extensive knowledge of the pro consumer base, and who has the relationships at retail to fully market and execute this new system as the first *TRUE* ProTools killer.
I don't think the Apogee hardware will even need to be proprietary. It just needs to do what the Ensemble and Duet do now. By integrating the hardware with core OS X technology Apple gets the control they want but they don't shut out 3rd party developers that utilize Core Audio either.
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