I recall years ago people used an ancient device called the ?typewriter?. These devices were the dominate machine for rendering text to paper. Later they became more sophisticated and added many new features. The new devices were dubbed ?word processors?. Some of these word processor could save information to a floppy disc. They were in a way, hybrids of old and new technology, just as the TI is, in that it is part VST. But inevitably someone figured out how to do the same thing on a computer and slowly but surely the typewriters and the word processors became extinct.
It is likely that hardware synths are tomorrow's typewriters. They're progressing to word processor level, but the end is in site and cannot be avoided. Still I find myself here with the rest of you. My interest peaked by TI's promise. Perhaps we are sentimental fools or just too set in our ways at this point.
PS: Rno08, I know MidiOverLan is part of Tiger now. But I run PCs now, so paying $169 is still better than $600 for two MIDI interfaces. Plus what if you want your MAC to talk to PCs? For say GIGASTUDIO? I wonder if the MAC version will let you do this?
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