1. Since the launch of OAS over 8 years ago you would only have to upgrade the Motherboard, Ram, CPU and Hard disk once to be able to run the latest OAS 7 software. As to cost, would you pay £130 or more for a Roland stand for your G70 when the same stand (Without the Roland badge) could be picked up for about £30, I am pretty sure the answer is no. The same applies to computer parts, you just buy them off the shelf for a fraction of the cost that Wersi (Or any other manufacture that sells bits) charge.

2. You do not need to buy VSTs to make Wersi sound good, as it is easily a match for any board out there, as well as offering capabilities beyond what others are offering. (If you don’t believe me, follow your own advice and try the board first LIVE)

3. With the advent of OAS 7 the sound production hardware had to be changed for the first time since launch, the cost of a new card would have been approx €800 (The equivalent card to use in a standard computer is also a similar cost) however Wersi charge only €495 for the new board and the massively upgraded software, (It is so different that you cannot load any previous generation sounds directly into it. (You have to import them and then let the software convert them into the new format) The reason it is much cheaper is because you trade in you old sound board for the new one.

4. The future of sound is sound modelled voices, (10yrs from now they will be the most common form of sound reproduction) and the new sound board introduced with OAS 7 has this capability on board, (Which means it is good for another 10 – 15yrs or more) and all the New voices onboard use a combination of samples and sound modelling. (Eventually all sounds will probably just use the sound modelling features, however R & D to program them will take considerable resources, and so it will be a few years before this happens) how many hardware boards do you know that can use sound modelled voices.

5. As to big screens and the rest, then these are options, you DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT have to purchase them to use the new software. (As I have mentioned in other posts when I have replied to your posts (Do you ever read them fully, or do you just pick out the bits you can make mileage on)

6. Once again if you had read previous posts you would know that I have been busy with other things, and so have not had the time to upgrade. (Not much point upgrading until you have the time to indulge in the new features.

7. Stop thinking everything revolves around Florida beach music and sounds, because it doesn’t, it’s just a very small part in a very big ocean.

Finally, Enjoy Life, Enjoy music, and most importantly DON’T be afraid of the future.

Regards

Bill



[This message has been edited by abacus (edited 07-03-2008).]