Hi again friend´s, I have my Lionstracs Mediastation X-76 at 2 mounth´s, i´m upgrading all my SD1 data to Mediastation, I hope that more week´s a can send to all people a demo of my job with Mediastation. Anyway i´m opened to explanation´s from a user. Tank´s, best regard´s to all !! Filipe Tomas

Regardless of what its called my SD1 when pressing a key down then applying more pressure adds effects such as vibrato to the sax sounds for example, this also applies to the Tyros 2 I tried a few weeks ago.
Not one sound on the Mediastation had this feature when I tried it over the month or so and Domenico assured me when I purchased it that it had semi weighted keys with release velocity etc and aftertouch. I know when I have been taken for a ride and I most certainly was with Lionstracs, end of story. It neither had good sounds or styles as I was led to believe by Lionstracs.

[This message has been edited by Craig_UK (edited 11-03-2005).]

After this last post, I think that Lionstracs must to add some good sounds with channel pressure to probe that Mediastation have this possibility.
Other possibility is to find some Giga sounds or VST with aftertouch function and then you will know there if really Megastation work.

About the standard sounds you are right, in the video are poor.
I saw there that are developing sounds and styles with Groove Park company, the audio demos promise good.

If the Bosendorfer 290 and GIGA sounds did nothing for you and the G1000, SD1, G70 piano are better...we have to discuss.
I work in recording studio and we NEVER can use in production one piano from SD1, G70, G1000....

About fault Mediastation..all is possible when one PC system is installed.
Just try to buy one standard PC, install the only windows XP and all is working.
Then TRY to install all your remain audio/midi application and tell me if all will working well!
Try to install Cubase, Logic, VST, add one new card...you have to cry untill all is working!

But MAYBE you thin IF you buy one Korg OASYS you will be lucky?
You know how many Oasys user are upset with Korg?
Read.... http://www.sweetwater.com/forum/showthread.php?s=6ee923d166bd65e0a17242dc9559e660&threadid=9504

They want more sounds?? http://www.sweetwater.com/forum/showthread.php?s=6ee923d166bd65e0a17242dc9559e660&threadid=9494

If the Mediastation WORK how I saw in the Video ( arranger too of course) and all the new sounds, GIGA library that they will give in the Plus version, will kill of course all the others keyboards.

I will hear the new styles audio-midi first.
Regards
Logicpro

logicpro, Mediastation runs on Linux and not XP. I had the top end model which supposedly is the dogs dangly bits, which has all the VST plugins and the Giga sounds. It does not run Logic or Cubase, I think its only certain .dll files from some VST plugins. You can't run things like Absynth, Luxonic's Ravity S, rob papen blue etc on it. It is not like a PC where you can install full programs or sequencing software.
I personally don't think the audio styles will offer anything spectacular especially after hearing a few demos of them. Even if they were amazing I wouldn't want to buy a MS again after getting a refund. There are simply too many problems with it. It's trying to do far too much for one instrument and failed for me. The video playback didn't even work either, I doubt it was installed.
Many of the features shown on Lionstracs site may still be in production or on a wish list to go into the MS at a later date.
If you do not like the demos on their web site bare in mind this is exactly how the MS sounds when you play it live.
Anyway this topic could go on for ages so I refuse to post any further as the MS's faults did my head in for the last month lol
Go to Italy and try it if you think this could be the one for you. I doubt you'll see it in the UK as I don't think Domenico is even going to sell it to anyone else here, since it's not just me who has had problmes with it. Mine doesn't seem to be a one off incident.
Dom, it would be nice to get some feed back from you on here, you are being very quiet. Dom is a great person and I respect him and his company. Good luck to anyone who gets a MS that works and is happy with it

Yep, but it's a forum, not a private message medium, and many who would gain valuable info will not with that title. They'll never see it.

Sorry, pet peeve, nothing personal. I'm actually writing an article about it.

Peace.


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Bill
Yamaha PSR2000