Thanks everyone for your responses! I appreciate all the information.

MacAllcock, I have to agree with you that Linux is beginning to look like the simplest solution. I am not able to write any drivers but they are already in place and working fine with the Linux os.

Dan, your project sounds very exciting because while Linux simplicity and stability sound ideally suited for live use with music applications, the sheer number of applications written for Windows XP tends to make one wonder if it would be a viable option. I remember one year ago when you first began your Windows Arranger project with a lot of input from SZ members http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/Forum37/HTML/010212.html . I followed that thread with great interest. Perhaps we should start another thread on that line, developing a new software arranger that can be customized to each user, that way we could get current veiws and see how peoples needs have changed.

Magica Alpha, good to hear from you again. As another Mediastation user, I think that we share the same sentiments “We want the Linux stability, but also the Windows variety.”

Abacus thanks for taking part in this discussion; I was hoping to hear from you. As the owner of a Wersi, you have access to the only other system that seems to be on the same line as the Lionstracs Mediastation. With the largest difference being the platform, Windows XP. Though I researched the Wersi, I was never able to demo one in person.
What are the advantages that you see in using the Windows platform?
What are the drawbacks?
How tightly integrated are the vst plug-ins in the OAS?
Are the vst instruments a part of the Wersi user interface or are they handled like a plug-in in a host program?

Also thanks for that last bit of info on using the midi codes with the buttons and sliders and the midi learn function. I am not sure if Dan2000 or Lionstracs have already incorporating this or not.

Trident thanks for the input. It is definitely Linux for now, but I guess that the Windows mediastation application will have to be a “wait and see.”

Lionstracs please keep participating in this forum. Asking actual gigging musicians is the only way to know what they truly need and want. I greatly appreciate you developing the Win XP version of the Mediastation. It will super to have the option on boot up of choosing which OS you prefer. It is this type of innovation that will put Lionstracs among the top of the music industry.