Topic: Why are Fireface USB Settings and TotalMix FX separate apps?
New RME user here, but not new to audio interfaces – I've found it sort of unusual and unintuitive that Totalmix and Fireface USB Settings are installed as separate apps. (I'm on macOS Sonoma FWIW.) Every other audio interface I've used and seen rolls their interface settings and mixer into a single application, and lets you manage both from one place.
I don't think you necessarily have to build custom UI in Totalmix to handle what Fireface USB Settings does either, but rather:
bundle the Fireface USB Settings executable inside the Totalmix app bundle alongside the Totalmix executable
add an app-level menu item to Totalmix to launch the bundled Fireface USB Settings executable
This question is somewhat inspired by another audio company that used to ship separate apps for its desktop editor and its device management for its whole existence (Fractal's Axe Edit / FM# Edit and FractalBot), but in the past year or so shifted to bundling both executables together for a much more elegant user experience.
I can totally appreciate that there might be historical reasons why this separation exists, but does there still need to be this separation in 2024?
It's not a huge deal to be clear, but I was curious.
Thanks for everything you do!