Will Daws Eventually End Up As Hardware ?

[THE INTRANCER]

I know it's a funny thing to say, but things do tend to go around in circles. I mean take Studio One because well Presonus also do hardware. They could easily fit Studio One on an electronic device more advanced than a basic Ipad. Essentially it would mean removing the actual desktop or laptop from the equation and doing things in the old school way. Look at this for example...

[Orbit-50]

I wish...

[melomood]

Why not leave both options available?

[rageix]

I mean isn't that kind of what the Akai Professional MpC Live and Maschine+ are? I'm sure some people would really like it but I don't find it compelling at all. Rumor is that Apple is trying to get Logic to work on iPad, now that would be interesting.

[syntonica]

Sombunall. You have the MPCs, Verselab, Maschine+, Slate Raven, and workstations with built in sequencers and arrangers, but there will probably always be a need for computer-based DAWs, especially those doing scoring or other video work. It's definitely an interesting idea, being able to buy a controller box, preloaded and configured to your favorite DAW. Keep watching the skies!

[jancivil]

well, it depends on what you consider a viable workstation, some people require a whole lot more than this seems to suppose.

[whyterabbyt]

Q : Will Daws Eventually End Up As Hardware ?

A : Yes, because computers -are- hardware. No, because 'custom' hardware will always be less open, less flexible, disproportionately more expensive (economics of scale), technically redundant if you already have a computer, and because to run a generic DAW and plugins, the device has to be a generic computer in a fancy box anyway.

Various manufacturers have already tried the 'computer as hardware' route, including Muse, the former owners of KVR, and they've all failed because the device costs were just too expensive compared to a generic or even custom PC.

[electronic115]

the Hardware is just a custom computer

unless they make it with tubes

[AnX]

they already are....

[Daimonicon]

If desktop and laptop dissapears and will turn into something else computer wise, well then things need to change with DAWs too. And it will eventually. In the future ppl will laugh and say how old fashioned and simple the computers were back in the old days. Maybe they will be like in Star Trek. You just say to the computer what to do e.g. cut the 400 hz with 4 db and narrow q.

[chk071]

I wouldn't want to run my DAW on a small screen, with mobile hardware which isn't up to the task.

Get something like Monark, or Oberhausen, try to run a couple of instances on such a device, drop some NI Dirt or Raum on it, and we'll talk. None of the mobile SoC is remotely capable of that. Even laptops are mostly not a match to what a 1.500 to 2.000 € desktop PC can perform.

Maybe in 10 or 20 years. But then you'll have the same issues with the small screen as well, if you want or need something portable.

Oh, and I wouldn't want to use trackers either.

[Michael L]

There's a huge market for DAW Hardware with homeless subway producers:

[melomood]

Homeless or not allowed to do it in the house anymore?

[AdvancedFollower]

A good desk and chair, full size monitor, mouse and keyboard are more ergonomic for me than those small devices.
If you're to believe Youtube, 90% of producers make their music in coffee shops, at the beach or on top of mountains, but I'd guess a majority still prefer something that at least resembles a studio, even if it's in a bedroom.

[vurt]

A good desk and chair, full size monitor, mouse and keyboard are more ergonomic for me than those small devices.
If you're to believe Youtube, 90% of producers make their music in coffee shops, at the beach or on top of mountains, but I'd guess a majority still prefer something that at least resembles a studio, even if it's in a bedroom.

i got kicked out of my local coffee shop when i tried plugging all my synths n stuff in.
was ok till i unplugged the coffee machine.