Time to time there are references to "industry standards" which there are (I can't name them without looking them up) but there are IEEE, TIA/EIA, and (here put the recording standards body and articles). If hardware and software are constructed to industry governing body standards all will be compatible. Kind of like other industries.
He who goes proprietary does at own risk.

Joe_A
Time to time there are references to "industry standards" which there are (I can't name them without looking them up) but there are IEEE, TIA/EIA, and (here put the recording standards body and articles). If hardware and software are constructed to industry governing body standards all will be compatible. Kind of like other industries.
He who goes proprietary does at own risk.

AHHH... WHAT!!??

Starise
When I think of integration I am reminded of the way Presonus has integrated their hardware.

Exactly.

Audioicon

John
but keeping those things going is not something most software companies do well. 

Yep, wonder how Pro-tools did it.
All I am hearing are arguments about what's not possible.

Some would say Avid is a hardware company. 

Audiocon...In other industries products are built to industry wide governing standards including software and physical products.

When different mfgrs construct on a standards based platform interoperability is achieved and one doesn't have to worry about different products working together.
No depending on statements like "will work with this or that named product" is required.

Hard to say more direct than that.

Audioicon
I appreciate all the input. First, this post has nothing to do with Pro-tools. I mention Pro-tools because they have dedicated hardware for their Software, Motu (Digital Performer).

Gibson owns Cakewalk, they also own Tascam, so why will it be far fetched to make a dedicated Interface or Hardware for Sonar?

Dedicated Hardware means better integration and less problems for users.

 
There was this:
http://forum.cakewalk.com...US2x2-In-m3550197.aspx

For the life of me, I cannot imagine why anyone would buy high-end hardware that locked them into Sonar. The inability to use something else just wouldn't fly. Yes, I know, Pro Tools, but they have had that for ages, the ship has sailed. 

Just for laughs...
 
Why not write a Sonar interface to Avid Consoles? Let users of their hardware choose the DAW of their' choice?
 
I'm sure they've thought of it....

I love how the Console 1 is integrated 
With help, I have gotten my Tascam FW1884 to function with faders and pan as well.
I am, and guess several of us are more interested in a more advanced option. A MIDI Controller/Control surface with deep integration with SONAR.
 

Dedicated proprietary hardware can also mean less flexibility in future. Not a given, but a hazard that is inherent to using those terms.
But some will like the warm fuzzy, some won't.