Sorry this isn't a very good picture but I thought you guys might enjoy it anyway. This is a Novation X-Station 49 keyboard with a Toshiba P2120 subnotebook running NI B4. I just got the X-Station, which is a new 8-voice synth/midi controller/audio interface with ASIO. You just plug a single USB cable from the keyboard into the laptop and that's all you need... even the power for the keyboard is supplied by USB. I've only been testing this setup but I intend to take this little softsynth rig to a jam session sometime with one of my Motion Sound KP-series amps for fun. It sounds terrific, and the X-Station comes with a template for the B4 so the knobs control many parameters such as rotor speed, acceleration, overdrive etc. and of course drawbars via the sliders.

I didn't buy the X-Station for this purpose ( I bought it to go with Reason v3) however it makes a dandy little organ when you add a B4-loaded laptop. The X-Station also has it's own synth sounds also, and more info can be found at www.novationmusic.com. It's my first true softsynth-based live performance rig.

[This message has been edited by The Pro (edited 03-18-2005).]