Hi ianmcnll .
Just to be clear, James, to those who are mainly into arrangers here on the General Arranger Forum, the V-Machine does not have any styles or arranger functions, am I correct?
Out of the box no, it just comes preloaded with a number of Synths and about 400MB of samples. I know it's an open device and there's nothing stopping you from installing an arranger vsti on it, but with only 8 buttons on the front, you couldn't seriously use the V-Machine for anything other than a sound module. One look at it can you can see that's all it was design to be even though it is an open device.
I know the Mediastaion has an arranger section, but it is hardly worth mentioning, as the demos we've heard here on SZ are pretty dismal, and I am being kind.
That's not the fault of the keyboard though. It should have never been demonstrated as an arranger with a cheap and discontinued VSTi driving the styles. The Mediastation will only ever sound as good as the software you install on it.
So, the V-Machine is essentially a VST player?
Yep.
Is it possible to add something to it, to allow it to play styles, like an arranger...maybe even some sort of "Band-In-the-Box" idea, but with "live" capability?
So long as what your trying to load runs as a VSTi and not just a standalone application, then yes. The V-Machine should run it. Truthfully though, I think that's asking a lot from the V-Machine. It's the perfect little sound module, but the lack of buttons on it would make it a pain in the ass to use as an arranger sound module.
It's REALLY tiny. About the size of a Video Tape but just a little fatter.
Regards
James
[This message has been edited by Irishacts (edited 10-26-2009).]
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