Re: X16 Preview
Using your comparison where a printer is usually viewed as an accessory or ancillary device for a computer, are you saying you would view a DL1608 or X16 as an 'add on' accessory or ancillary device for an iPad? I'd have no problem if they were presented that way, but the descriptions and marketing seem to be presenting the opposite.
Uli noted "The iPad/PC based digital mixer" and is it actually a "mixer" if you can't mix without also implementing other devices that you have to obtain from other parties? Is it really more a form of audio interface or do such products create a new category?
Just like the Mackie DL1608, I doubt the iPad will be an integral part of the X16 Uli showed way back in the initial post of this thread and this discussion is about the X16, it's right there in the title, so perhaps I'm not the one with memory loss.
If you read the entire discussion I think you may find that there are many people that want the capabilities of something like the X16 but without the dependence on an iPad. People aren't saying "nobody wants this" or that it is useless or has no market, Uli came here to ask for input from the people here and a number seem to be saying "that's not what we want/need for our applications" and identifying why that is so. Maybe you need to heed your own advice and be open to there being situations other than your own.
More options would be great and since I'm sure the DL1608 and X16 have a market, more options seems to be exactly what people are asking for. And that includes the option to be able to use tablet devices other than the iPad.
