Access Future,hardware or software or both?

[Berni]

Well I dont think access will come out with a proper software version of the virus for several reasons, 1. There are already lots of good ones out there already that can do a pretty good job of creating the virus sound, NI's Massive springs to mind. 2. The whole VC fiasco proves that they are'nt that good at creating solid, reliable software. 3. They are hardware manufacturers first & foremost, thats what they are good at, making sexy looking, great sounding synths & will probably continue to do so as long as there is a viable market but as another poster said this is going to be an increasingly smaller consumer base as soft synths & computers get better & faster.
Akai used to be, arguably, the worlds No1 sampler manufacturer but there software was buggy for a lot of models, even some of there late high end machines (MPC 4000, S5/6000) & there Aksys software (there version of virus control) was a complete joke which just about put the last nail in there sampling coffin when cheap soft samplers came on the market. To this day they have not made a decent software version of any of the Akai samplers & now concentrate on making hardware because thats what they are good at. I think the same is true for access.
Just my 2c ; )

P.S. Spoon Dad was cool!