Re: new HW/SW trend?

["Kevin Goldsmith" <kevin@unitcircle.com>]

I've been wondering if manufacturers would move more towards "real" 
networking, ie: Ethernet.  With Gigabit ethernet hardware chips coming 
down in price, giving bandwidth to spare, I'm wondering why manufacturers 
haven't moved in that direction.

    KEvin

>There is 
>also a trend toward networking. Kurweil, Apogee, and Presonus all 
>have products that incorporate mLAN; Digidesign, Mark of the Unicorn, 
>and Metric Halo have Firewire audio interfaces. Steinberg has VST 
>System Link, which allows a group of networked computers to function 
>as a cohesive system. Akai has ak.Sys Control to network their 
>equipment and to allow a computer running VST plug-ins to function as 
>a piece of outboard gear.
>


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