SAW, in the meantime, had become so popular that Bob was now being asked for features that its basic design was not capable of supporting, such as multiple sound card output, live plug-in effects processing, more tracks, mono/stereo compatibility, and multitrack waveform drawing. He knew it was time to take what he had learned from SAW and design the next generation product - SAWPlus.

Managing a rapidly growing company, learning about payroll, taxes and insurance, plus programming the new code, overseeing the other products, and satisfying distributor and dealer concerns, all served to fill up his 16 to 18 hour days. Company resources were stretched to the limits, with money being spent on needed research equipment, advertising expenses, and machinery necessary to meet the demands of product fulfillment.