Adding the ability to use a hardware controller with Vegas (for mixing with real faders) must be a difficult task. It's the one big part of Vegas that's missing for me in this otherwise INCREDIBLE SF product. Radio and TV stations have seen their budgets slashed to the bone. Not long ago the $20,000 Orban Audicy DAW was a lightning fast choice for cranking out production. Stations that couldn't afford it went with SAW and COOL EDIT. Between these price ranges you can get an excellent starter Pro Tools system but by the time you add the hardware controller you're getting up there toward what the Audicy cost.

At a radio station you are cranking out a TON of fast production..FAST being the key. And while you can mix with a mouse it's so preferable to be able to use real faders and have the DAW software remember your volume changes as you mix. It seems to me that there is a decent market at tight budgeted radio stations for a VEGAS with the ability to hook up to real faders. And that this capability would really make it attractive to station production people who can't buy a big Pro Tools setup. A JL Cooper box or a Yamaha 01V board is cheap and can act as controllers.
I've already suggested the ability to use a hardware controller to mix with real faders and have Vegas remember the volume changes. Anyone else think this is worthwhile? I want to be clear that VEGAS is my choice, it's bloody excellent for it's ease of use and power. Adding the use of a controller must simply be a huge task or they would have already added it. Thanks in advance SF!