Rogue Amoeba say they’ll play ‘wait and see’ before attempting to create an all-in-one Podcasting studio application.
That would be too bad. Having all or most of the studio functionality in one application could easily increase the performance and reliability of an audio studio setup. The modules of the application could easily be tuned to play nice with each other. Much easier than with multiple applications that rely on the operating system for coordination.
Maybe the amount of people creating actual traditional radio shows is not that big but I think podcasting has potential beyond that. Think short text (audio) messages or stories to a group of friends. Think different types of media. Think something that will only be thought of when the tools come in the hands of more people. (As with SMS and picture phones before.)
Think outside the box ;)