Apogee’s flagship audio interface, the , is a high-end platform with a modular design that will allow Apogee to incorporate Thunderbolt technology into the device without having to redesign the product—a prospect, McArther noted, that Apogee is looking into and will announce in due time.

McArther also touched on Thunderbolt’s potential to revolutionize the portable recording field.

“It makes portability a reality for really high-end systems,” he said. “You could be recording with 32 or 64 channels, with a single cable connected to a laptop. That for us, is revolutionary, and we’re very excited.”

also contacted digital video interface company and spoke with the company founder and CEO, John Abt about Thunderbolt.

“It’s pretty amazing technology, and as an engineer I’m blown away that they came out with something like this, because it’s such a huge leap forward. The bandwidth you can get over this port is so much more than anything out today,” Abt said. “We work with very high bandwidth video, both uncompressed and compressed, so this is right down our alley.”