Gil Navarro wrote:SAC has a new touch interface that won't really work on my tablet. Enter AMP:)
Bottom line is that if you're going to use SAC, you need to stick to "Bob-approved" hardware.
I bought a Microsoft Surface-Pro specifically for this reason (of course, my sound guys still prefer the old HP Smart Touch hybrid -- not sure why other than the images on the Surface Pro are so tiny).
As far as SAC is concerned, I'm really happy I bought the RatDAT board and Focusrite Preamps (yeah, Bob pushes Behringer, but recommends Focusrite for those who refuse to do Behringer). Most of the times that I got into trouble with SAC is when I bought some piece of hardware Bob didn't know about and tried to make it work with SAC, or I tried to use Bob-recommended hardware in a non-approved fashion (e.g., trying to get multiple Mackies to work pre-v4.0).
Yes, Bob *should* write software in a more portable fashion. Yes, AMP is a good example of how this can work. Yes, SAC *ought* to work with any (x86) tablet out there. But this *is* SAC. You can't expect that to happen
Bottom line is that I will get SAC for the monitor view and 3x mackie support. Bob's wiffed on my request for a SAC Remote license. So I'll probably do all my development on AMP rather than SAC -- his loss. No doubt I'll use SAC for my shows until AMP is out of beta, but beyond that it will be interesting to see what happens.
Cheers,
Randy Hyde