You can look at it that way. Or you can look at software setups as being a more efficient and cost-effective solution, and now days, there's really no depreciation in quality unless you're used to recording on absolute top quality recording hardware, which Fostex is far from.
I have an absolutely useless 24 channel digital multi-tracker collecting dust because I realized how much better of a solution a good recording & mixing program and a multi-channel audio interface was.
The only good thing about the multi-tracker is it's more portable than lugging my PC and speakers and audio interface around. But since I don't record anywhere else but at home, it's kind of a moot point.
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