People say the computer software is taking over from hardware – why do I need hardware?
Strictly speaking, it is all hardware. Yesterdays hardware was made from seperate, interconnected pieces. Today, the PC is the hardware, and because it is able to run different software it is taking over all the different tasks that were once performed by individual boxes. But because PCs are designed to cater for general computing tasks (from graphic design to email) they have weaknesses on certain technical levels, and will never be as stable and reliable as dedicated audio hardware. Any good musician knows this and this is why high quality, dedicated hardware is still greatly respected. A hardware synthesiser doesnt do your email, but it doesn’t crash either 🙂 The Chameleon does not pretend to compete with the dominant trend in todays studio world. It instead compliments it. The Chameleon provides the flexiblity and development paths of a computer while maintaining the stability and optimisation levels of dedicated hardware. Side by side, the well maintained PC and the Chameleon ar