anotherscott wrote:I think we also should recognize that this is not Nord's area of expertise. They've never designed or written code for an audio interface. They don't even do audio over MIDI. Even licensing something from someone else can be a headache, because ultimately, you need to be able to support it. If it fails with some future OS update, the consumer will blame you, not the company you licensed it from, yet you don't have the expertise in house to do anything about it.
Agree in general and anyway since the introduction of Class Compliance for Audio/MIDI interfaces, the need for a driver is limited to high-performance/multi-channel audio interfaces, not really a requirement for a (master or not) keyboard with built in USB audio capability (maybe just a 2in+2out), in fact even a brand Yamaha is going that route lately (P125/121, MoXF, MODX;...).
On the other hand traditional master keyboard producers (e.g. Novation) are no longer incorporating USB audio in their products (I own a X-station which does but since then no new Novation model has it).
Having said that, I think it is very unlikely that Nord has any interest in entering that market, though technically they have the skills (imo).