Instrument Modeling.. should NI hit this hard to catch up with others?

It suspect would take a strong advocate of this concept to make a pitch to the powers at Soundwide and how it fits in to the big picture vs a bunch of competing ideas I'm sure.

I can envision a whole range of lower-cost wireless controllers that are not anything like traditional pads or keyboards to interact with articulations in a way that feels somewhat like a natural connection to an abstraction of the modeled object. This could fit into a new era of music making in a virtual realm as well as be something new for artists who want to bring something different to the stage.

Nothing currently from those 3 companies is on target for success in the market as I see it.

I'm seeing a different market than you.. and that's OK and to be expected.. We each have different life experiences.

I see a very ripe market for something else......

Just ran across this interesting interview that has some "dreaming" at the end:

Excerpt:

Being a composer that’s so familiar with the design of custom virtual instruments, Dern is naturally curious about how audio production software might develop in the future, and has some ideas of her own. “I can make a two-minute cue in the morning within two hours, but it will take another eight to do the mockup, so the bulk of that work really needs to be cut short. I’d love to see specific samplers, sample library companies and DAWs working together to figure out a faster way of doing this. One thing that should be possible – and is coming up in sample modelling – is for an engine to detect what articulation you’ll be playing by default instead of having to tell it what something was. Or, eventually being able to just write sheet music in notation software, import that and have your DAW’s Kontakt instruments create the mockup from your sheet music. Basically, I’d like to see more AI-based stuff take over a lot of the things that we have to do manually.”

Every market size is in constant flux... subject to change from a myriad of factors. Speculation is inherent to the process of seeking a "new" market from within a shifting sea of possibilities. Surveys for this purpose are designed with this inherent speculation.

Irony is a funny thing...

Oh.. sorry for my prior reply, and thank you. I have been tightening up some thoughts for an action beyond words. I am lucky to have some resources that will help in several aspects of this.