Re: software based phrase sampler

[Jeffrey Larson <jeff@zonemobius.com>]

On Jul 4, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Kim Flint wrote:

 > If you are trying to make a sustainable business out of music
 > products, make hardware. The market is willing to pay a substantially
 > higher price for it, the costs are low, you can make a decent profit
 > margin, and the development effort is easier than for software.

Yes you ceratinly get a higher profit margin for hardware.  If your
goal is to make money, make hardware.  The issue being discussed is
the combination of hardware and PC software, it doesn't make any
economic sense.  It's the worst of both worlds, the well discussed
stability issues of laptop software, with the expense of dedicated  
hardware.

 > and the development effort is easier than for software.

Huhh??  Maybe if you're a EE that has spent their life programming
for embedded systems.  I'll take C++ or C# in Visual Studio any day.

Jeff