Definitely the direction things have moved.
You have the ability to dial up the OSC touch screen stuff in Reaper just like you see with the iPad apps for Presonus Studio One and that Midas/Behringer x32 board.
Those boxes are literally an audio interface with a control surface built-in.
Their iPad apps ARE pretty slick. Reaper hasn't developed its own like that right out of the box yet but the OSC ability is there.
Here's something to consider:
If the integrated digital board goes down - you're done for the night!
If you have your own modular system, if one item (out of computer, audio interface, or control surface) goes down, you still have options. You can pick up a backup audio interface and laptop for a lot less than a whole 2nd system for redundancy too. (Then maybe your backup system can only handle mixing 18 channels instead of 36... but you're having a show.)
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