5016 ) wrote:

I'm not sure that people will be using hardware controllers a few
years from now. At first, I couldn't get on using a mouse after moving
from an analog console, but since then I have found that using a
mouse/keyboard has a lot of advantages as well as disadvantages. The
disadvantages were all I could see at first.

It may be that hardware controllers are simply there to facilitate
transition by people who are moving from analog environments, and that
over time people will end up using nothing but the computer (apart
from the front end).

I think it's a fundamental mistake to think that mice, keyboards, and
other "hardware controllers" are not part of "the computer".

Personally, as far as interface/controller issues go, I think I might be
indefinitely satisfied with a reliable DAW system that intelligently
integrated itself with a multi-button mouse with a HIGH-resolution wheel
(and/or knob(s) on the keyboard), and ample screen real estate.

But if price were no consideration, I wouldn't limit myself to just
mouse and keyboard control. Especially if I could go to 11.

- Brian