Lol, Oh, it's
sooo easy to play the 'armchair QB', isn't it?
Well then we're all officially waiting with baited-eyes, the release of this powerhouse of a solution at the cost of a nickel-bag from you and Mr Stone...
Oh, and we've already 'been there / done-that' somewhat, with the Ableton-route... used it to convert/preserve, and then
mod old ADAT show-content... interesting fx possible on the color-mod side, but as-to using it to
generate galvo-output, that's a longer road than you think - how it looks on the 'scopes' and how output is translated in the real-world, are two different animals - for one thing, it's incredibly easy to turn your galvos into M-80s if you're not extremely-careful, and then, as-mentioned, there's the whole 'windows-factor' - we had more than one time where Ableton just locked-up - and it wasn't pretty... then again, we
were running a 36-track show...
But I certainly don't see Live being an 'easy' - or better - replacement for this kind of dedicated hardware / software...
So, will be keen to see you and or Mr Stoney blow the doors off this for $150.....
Isn't hyperbole great?
cheers...
j