No, the demo was of a LAPTOP hooked up to a Korg and a Ketron module. The only thing T5 about it was the original styles (presumably copied from memory and played by the laptop).
And naturally, as the T5 has only been out for a short while, I think Dan's maps for the drumkits and other sounds has room for improvement.
But the basic idea of the product is, no matter WHAT arranger you have (or if you only have a controller and some modules or other keyboards), you can play Roland, Yamaha and Korg styles (Ketron's not quite there, is it Dan, because of the audio loops unless you use a Ketron sound source, right?) without going through the hassle of EMC'ing them and tweaking.
O.k., make more sense now. That is going to be a tall order getting the same sound quality of the original arranger style and arranger keyboard, regardless of brand through software conversion. The TOTL arrangers keep getting better and better.
At least speaking for Yamaha styles, it is going to be very difficult interpreting velocity sensitive midi style data for the Mega voice parts, and the complex programming data from the SA style voices that render realistic performance nuances to the overall style.
Anyway, interesting thread, good luck with software interfaces. I had enough issues in the past with live software interfaces and latency issues, but I guess technology is getting better. Not for everyone.
Regards, Marcus
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