Interesting, however Apple's intake level implementation must be solely pegged to the input box from Apogee. The standalone app works great for sketching, playing and people making background noise for videos, but any type of advanced use requires hardwired inputs. It's definitely a different idea for a "pro" upgrade, compared to the typical digital unlock.
I wonder if we'll see the mythical "Asteroid" project rise again.
On a side note, this will be great for my AV nerd descendants, I used to run a media lab and we always wanted to move the people on GarageBand elsewhere to keep the place quiet.
I have a theory that Asteroid was actually the Apogee Duet. It's essentially what Asteroid was thought to be (a Firewire breakout box with integration built into Apple's software) and was released in roughly the right time frame.
I wonder if we'll see the mythical "Asteroid" project rise again.
On a side note, this will be great for my AV nerd descendants, I used to run a media lab and we always wanted to move the people on GarageBand elsewhere to keep the place quiet.