If you think about it; it was an appropriate announcement; ON FACEBOOK. It wasn't advertised anywhere else, but just for people that were following Yamaha MusicSoft on facebook. I admit I was expecting more, but hey, that was my problem not theirs! lol.
The voices are pretty good, btw. Only $25.95 each!
Which is a ripoff to start with...
How about loyalty to your customers and giving them addons at normal prices.. $25.95 would be a good price for a software tool that lets Yamaha owners create their own SA voices from commercial sample formats...
But not $26 dollars for a simple sound... If the Groove-XR is done with its styles and its open archirecture allows people to add any free or relatively cheep sound source, the good days of Yamaha are finally over...
I feel bad for those who can't afford the very reasonable $25.95 for these excellent new sounds, but,
you don't have to buy them...the Tyros4 already has terrific SA/SA2 on-board sounds in those genres.
So far, the Groove-XR appears to be a fairly decent instrument...considering it is from a very small company, with allegedly limited support, I hope it does well, and certainly it's nice to see another company in the TOTL arranger market besides those from Korg, Yamaha and Ketron.
Choice is a very good thing, especially since some companies, like Roland, are no longer able to offer a competitive arranger in that category.
Ian
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