Quote Originally Posted by massplanck
HARDWARE.
I disagree. While the movement away from hardware is changing the way that music is produced, it is making music production accessible to all those who are interested. No longer do people need to buy thousands of dollars worth of clunky equipment to make interesting music. No longer do people need to have a studio to work in. The computer has become the modern day studio--with programs like Reason and Ableton live allowing for a great deal of creativity. Perhaps the move to computers is a mixed bag--but, as software emulators become better and better, perhaps hardware will not even be missed...

I would like to hear others' thoughts on this...