If Outlaw was interested in this space they could implement and build a 10in/10out magic box and imbue it with capabilities far beyond what the Ultracurve does just by virtue of having all those channels in a single box, although the digital interconnect looks very flexible on the Ultracurve too.

For instance Outlaw could implement not just graphic/parametric EQ, gain and delays, but also a flexable BM system, phase vs. frequency adjustment and so on. The potential of something like this is almost unlimited, and if they could implement a digital audio out from their next higher end prepro they could even avoid that D->A->D->A issue, letting the 'box' do D->A at the last instant.

Obviously something like that would be prefered, esp. if they went 24/96 or something.