Hi Diki
lol...
You already know how to change my mind. Only one way to do it. PLAY ME SOMETHING GOOD..
Wish I had one to do just that. There's no reason in the world why this keyboard shouldn't sound great now. All known OS issues of the past have all been addresses and the new OS is supposed to be running faster than ever and like a dream.
That's the problem with MS. Honestly, what happened? Did REALLY bad musicians ONLY buy them? Did really ONLY untechnical players buy them? Or did a few really talented arranger players buy them, and immediately went 'I can do this better on what I have, faster and cheaper'?.
You heard everything I did.
End users playing completely out of time and posting inappropriate examples does help things that's for sure. I think with so much focus on the demo's at the time, maybe those who had the ability to play well didn't feel comfortable putting their music online.
It's understandable too, it wasn't their duty to do so, and in all fairness it would be like throwing yourself out to the wolfs because everyone was so hungry in wanting to hear something good.
BTW, I am NOT against open keyboards. Hell, I've been using VSTi's since they were invented. I'm against arrangers that make you do EVERYTHING yourself. As is 99.999% of the rest of the arranger community. I wouldn't mind an open KEYBOARD, but right now I'm able to do what I want in the studio with computers, don't need it live, don't need an expensive keyboard to duplicate what I already have...
I know your not against them, but the issue was deeper than that. It was about ability they have and the benefits of having a single system that integrated everything into one seamlessly package, VS a closed arranger.
I believe an OPEN arranger is the future and can be quickly customised to do far more than a closed arranger, and I think you were pretty much of the opposite opinion based on how much work would need to be done initially to get it doing what you want. Without anyone around who owned one and who would take part in the conversation verify facts we would have never gotten anywhere. It did get a bit much in the end too as there are only so many ways we can say the same things.
It's like the KARMA demo I posted. Look at how much confusion a silly little video cleared up in a matter of seconds because it directly addressed the issue being discussed. That's the sort of thing Lionstracs need in my opinion.
BTW, is Ketron aware that the MS is about to pirate their copyrighted material (the audio loops)? Or does he, unlike when he announced that he was going to clone each and every sound of a T2 so you could play T2 styles on the MS (remember that one?), actually have an agreement with Ketron this time?
It's a complex subject that deserves it's own thread. Not in relation to what Lionstracs are doing but the overall topic of sharing styles. Everyone here is probably a thousand times more guilty with all the styles they have collected over the years, but apparently so long as no fee is charged for the styles, there is a rather big loophole in the system.
If you buy a Style Disks it comes with a copyright statement, but if you buy an entire keyboard full of styles, it comes with no copyright warning at all. It has something to do with the fact that the product can be only considered one thing and not many things.
For example, it's either a musical instrument, or it's a computer. Law is black and white.
Cheers
James
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