Nice keyboard display there WOW..., you got $13-$15,000 (at customer pricing) worth of keyboards sitting there in just 4 keyboards!

I think the coolness factor (in terms of looks) goes to the "blinky light king" to the far right. You could land a 747 with the MS's panel, watch a DVD, and write a style all at the same time

That Audya does look nice though. Look forward to any samples or demos you post.

Squeak

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My question would be, what information does a whole BLOCK of lighted switches impart?

I mean, think about it for a minute... What's the purpose of a lighted switch? To impart information about it's state. Not to light up the performer I think Dom has gone light crazy. Too much information, or rather, in a sea of lighted switches, basically no information at all.

Sure, it might look impressive in a store, but think for a minute about being onstage. You need ONE button to do something, and every other button is lit up as well (or nearly, anyway). How is that any more use that having most of them OFF, which would be far less distracting to the player..?

Is there an overall LED brightness control?

I'm sorry, but I don't get it. LED's help direct the attention to important, currently used functions. Not light up the performer!

In my experience as a sound engineer visualisation does make big difference in
inspiration and creativity which is the case with the new MS trust me.
I feel different when i create something in my shitty room and i am a little different sometimes
when i sit in a 1 million dollars studio.

Diki, the color of the leds tells you the state of that feature...most buttons have green,amber, red, and off..They are functional..

Frank,

Please hurry with a review and comparison.

Tom

Nedim, do you own a MediaStation?

Lighted keyboard buttons are useful in dark rooms as well.

Note yet Fran, working on it to get one now.

Frank,

please spend ALL weekend on it
DON'T sleep
and give us an HONEST, and THOUROUGH review

give us the PROS & CONS and perhaps compare to the other BIG 3 arrangers...

enjoy...

Frank's a dealer. You don't honestly expect him to pan it, do you?