@FractalAudio and
@chris
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. The "$100" figure is just a starting figure/argument. I'm a web developer, so coding, testing, testing, and testing and ultimately deploying in digital is how I've made my living for many years.
Essentially, all I was asking for was a dialog and a theoretical price for said/desired upgrade. I NEVER once said I wanted all that went into the III to be ported to the II - not once. I did say port all that you can which, implies "within reason". I understand how things work, both from a developer standpoint and from a business standpoint.
Again, all I asked for was to port over what can be ported as the FINAL firmware upgrade and as a final and proper farewell/send-off for the II (minus any little bug fixes).
If the price is too low, then so be it. I wasn't piching it as a "real" price anyways. Just tying to get a discussion rolling and making it clear that I don't think
anything being ported from Ares should be free as you guys have already given us countless firmware updates over the years as it is.
Forgive me for being an advocate of the first ever paid firmware upgrade at FAS.
The funny thing is that I also made it clear that I'll be upgrading to a III as soon as feasible. I could buy a III right now if I wanted to, but I don't want to until the new FC controllers are out and I see how they're going to work. In the live environment, the foot controller is something I'm really picky about and, to be honest, the MFC-101 is my favorite controller - ever. I love having all those switctches to work with and I love the bi-directional communication as far as having preset names, tuner display, etc on the floor in front of me. But anyways, that's a whole other discussion.
In essence, I don't want to jump on a III until I know if I'm buying the new FC, or an RJM controller (16 or 22) to go with it. Of course, the RJM thing could go sideways depending on whether it'll be able to display presets/scene names, tuner and whatnot from the III at some point in the near future.
So, all that being said, put a starting argument/hypothetical price on a theoretical and feasible FINAL firmware ugrade for the II's. If it's $500, if it's $1000, or whatever.
We all know it is impossible to port everything from Ares to the II. We just wanna know what's possible and how much it could cost.
Again, I'm here waiting with my credit card to pay in advance either a 50% deposit or the full amount up front if I can stand the price. If not, then I'll simply wait for the new FC controllers and get a new III rig together.
Cheers!