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Originally posted by BrianT
I really don't see Digi building their own standalone unit. Reinventing the wheel, but without the benefit of economy of scale. Keep in mind that Radar is really a PC on BeOS. You still need an OS and a computer in any event and the level of sophistication PT requires is much greater than Radar.
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I don't know, Brian.
Of course you'd still need an OS and a computer.
But that's childs play. We all know a lot of guys that can put together a screaming PC, in an afternoon, for well under a thousand bucks. Why can't Digi?
There are already several 3rd party guys building PT spec'd, rackmount blackbox DAWs out there, ready to rock... What would stop Digi from developing the same? You know they'd build in a healthy profit margin for themselves. And eventually pull the plug on the others. We all know Digi likes to keep the whole game to themselves. Why is this aspect different?
They certainly have much deeper pockets than the custom builders, can buy in bulk all the various components (re: economy of scale) and increase their portion of the DAW system pie. In fact, they would then have their own whole pie.
This is potentially a new sector of the DAW market, for them. IOW, why wouldn't digi want to reduce their 3rd party R&D costs, and increase their HW sales? HW is where their bread is buttered...
Seems perfectly logical to me, from all aspects. Then again, what the heck do I know; I got out of manufacturing to open up a studio! More crack, anyone?
I do look forward to hearing your thoughts...