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Originally Posted by HUROLURA
Yes of course.
My feeling is that hardware stuff tends to be less computer dependent (obviously) and also have longer lifecycle ... all give them a chance to be more future proof.
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I see things a different way. Hardware is a tangible, manufactured good, and the only element of it that is future proof is the fact that some features are software upgradable. Soft-synths take that level of upgradability and flexibility to a greater dimension.
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Originally Posted by HUROLURA
On the soft plug-in side, you are OS dependent and newer version often cost money (different to the Access Virus OS update policy). Soft synth are also suffering from a non dedicated hardware platform (i.e. computer) so the same computation power cannot be used at its best.
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Well if you look at the products by OpenLabs, they integrate the hardware with what is in essence a dedicated/optimized operating system or very close to it, but at the end of the day it is a dedicated PC / MIDI controller that runs VSTs.
I also have somewhat the opposite opinion about OS dependency and cost with regard to newer versions. I've found that most of my purchased plug-ins provide updates at no cost, and the cost of the plug-in itself is so low (relative to hardware) that it seems very disadvantageous to hardware to allow the topic of cost to even arise. Also as far as I know, in most cases of my purchased instruments I can switch to the Mac version if I wanted without extra cost.