Wow what a discussion.
Just a few observations.
Its amazing that some of the people who did not like Dom and the mediastation from the start and who could not understand the concept of the mediastation and felt the mediastation is a nothing in the keyboard industry, now feel that with this old-new feature (sampling of existing sounds) that the meadiastation could give the big keyboard manufacturers a run for their money.
Which leads me to believe that the concerns voiced were not really genuine but a smoke screen for their dislike for Dom and the mediastation.

Also, the �moral� argument that it is OK to sample freely an acoustic instrument (piano sax �) but not an electronic one (T2 G70 keyboard �) is absurd and contradictory when the desired effect is the same.

1. When a keyboard company samples a piano and put that sound in the keyboard what they are telling you is �don�t buy a real piano, sax � buy our keyboard that has the sound of a piano, sax � and the keyboard can do many more things than just having a piano or sax � by them self�. I am sure that had an effect on sales of acoustic instruments but they are still making them.

2. When the mediastation samples a T2 G70 � and put it in their keyboard, they are saying �don�t by a T2, G70 � buy our sampled sound-set of the T2 G70 that can play in our mediastation which can do more things than what a T2 G70 � can do by themselves�. This could lead to reduction in sales of T2 G70 �.

They, 1 and 2, are both the same concept and on the surface it looks like the result would be the same. However, I do believe that sound designers have an advantage over makers of acoustic instruments in that sound designers� work is ubiquitous.


If you are still unsure about the concept, it is the same concept that persons who gig with acoustic instruments make against electronic musicians and arranger players.

They argue that electronic musicians and arranger players are using samples of acoustic instruments and gigging with them and cutting out the acoustic instrument players from gigs.

So before we go on our �moral� high-horse, lets think about how we are doing the same thing. It is only because some people are on the receiving end of the stick they see the bad side to what they have been doing.