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Originally Posted by Berni
Well there you all go on about connectivity but software doesn't need it in the physical sense & as for a few different plug in formats, compared to hardware it is nothing. I also believe that midi has also been updated by several people, yamaha & roland spring to mind but has never caught on.
I know a lot of people that are quite happy to produce using only there laptop & if all you are using are virtual instruments then it is quite feasible.
It is a good time to make music indeed!
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Well in my case my only interest in hardware is the fact that CPU technology has hit very real thermal limitations in the past few years, and they are not doubling in speed year over year (or even remotely close) like they used to. The CPU in my primary PC was purchased about 4 years ago, and benchmarks only a few percentage points below the fastest CPUs you can buy today.
So, although admittedly is it partially mental, I do not like my polyphony or type/quality of FX I can run to constantly hit a CPU ceiling. So, dedicated hardware to take some of the processing load is the only viable option.
With that in mind however, CPU savings doesn't do me any good if the workflow around a piece of hardware is agonizingly cumbersome or the integration doesn't work very well. Then it becomes like a risk/reward balancing act where the risk is the cost of the hardware versus how much of a pain in the ass it will be. Every time I run the purchase of a new Ti2 through that equation, it comes up short and I end up foregoing the purchase (at least thus far).