Originally posted by Fran Carango:
"and in some cases disappointment..."
You mean like "not all it was hyped up to be" perhaps?
Let's face it Fran we ALL know the MS is NOT an arranger really, rather it's a Workstation first with 'some' arranger type features. Whatever floats your boat though. The nice thing about the MS is it is open source and can be upgraded with new hardware parts without the necessity of buying a whole "new" MS keyboard down the road. Or so the theory goes anyway..
I wonder what Dom is charging for those upgraded parts though?
If the part(s) cost in the neighborhood of the keyboard itself it may be better to just fork over the dough for a new MS. That way, you would be getting a new 'bumper to bumper' factory warranty on the new keyboard itself, instead of e.g. "90 days" on the replaced part(s).
I'm really surprised also that the Italian labor and business enforcement laws haven't shut Dom down cold seeing how he is cloning other manufacturers intellectual property i.e. factory Styles, copyrighted software, etc. and anything else he can gets his hands on too apparently.
Although if my statements are somehow incorrect then I apoligize profusely to him and to his 'legitimate' endeavor. You're welcome to reply in defense of yourself if you'd like Domenick. Since you up and bailed the SZ a while back you may not even read this thread and I understand if you'd rather remain silent too, even if you do read this.
I'm glad you "7" guys and/or gals are helping each other out and familiarizing yourselves with your new keyboards. I think it's great that you have a nice tight little group devoted to helping each other with those occasional "disappointments" as you say Fran.
I know that if the Lionstracs Mediastation was a "proven" (full blown) Arranger that was excellent in the Style department (which it is NOT as we know of course) and the actual ROM based samples were in the league with today's totl workstations such as... well, you know which ones I'm talking about, right?
I would certainly entertain the idea of purchasing one if that were the case.
I also like the fact that you can play "on-board" VSTi's with the MS which is an accomplishment in itself and Dom should be commended for his forward thinking technology wise. The only other keyboard that I'm aware of that can do that currently is the Openlabs keyboard products and the Wersi's. If the Openlab and Wersi's didn't cost an arm and a leg and if the Wersi was actually portable you never know, I could possibly relent and get one of those too. As it stands now they're either too expensive or too heavy or both..
OOTB and raring to go would have been nice with the MS but they say "patience
is a virtue" right Fran?
I'm glad you're learning your way through the roadblocks and disappointments to hopefully being able to eventually play it 'seamlessly' Live on stage - with no hiccups along the way to deter your live gigging performance(s). Or is that even possible with the MS Fran? [img]
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http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/confused.gif[/img] Or is it actually Live use friendly and that fact simply escaped my extensive research on the MS? [img]
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All the best,
Mike