Exactly james, and on this I agree totally. But, and this has been my main argument all along, its the operability and hardware that let this machine down.

Dom is always pushing the boundaries, yes, BUT he also has to know when to mature a product then leave it and move to the next.

Users get frustrated with the myriad changes and then the myriad updates and waiting for operating system tweaks to get the new changes to "play nicely" with what went before.

I did not buy the MS for its OOTB functions, I bought it for what I could do with it.
But a complete lack of comprehensible documentation, plus a flaky operating system, and I will concede this was in part due to the flaky nature of Linux running audio applications. (and I even ran Linux Studio on my PC for a while in conjunction with the MS, and it was just as flaky.), meant it was very tough to get this to work as it should playing live.

As a studio keyboard it would pass muster, JUST, and were I in a better frame of mind (as in not as frustrated with it and pissed off) I may have kept it for just that purpose.

Anyway if you decide to take the plunge into the world of Lionstracs,(or if you are being given one pro-bono in exchange for input) good luck, you will need it LOL.. And a strong internal "suspension system" for the many speedhumps you will come across.

Dennis




[This message has been edited by miden (edited 10-23-2009).]