Okay, so Domenico is back to making 76 key workstations which is a good thing but I still have a few qualms regarding the Groove X-7. With a touch screen interface it seems to be very awkward to navigate around the X-7 since much of the type print is very small and if you're not careful when pushing it you might be prone to making many mistakes because of the minuscule links.
Under the Lionstracs interface you don't have to touch the screen at all. All the buttons directly control everything displayed and running on the keyboard,
The only time you have to use the screen is when want to directly modify settings in a VSTi or interact with the Linux desktop.
It would have been more advantageous, in my opinion, to include a USB "mouse" interface which would make choosing items much more precise if you ask me. In other words, giving the customer a choice of using the touch screen or a "mouse" to navigate if they want. Maybe there already is 'mouse' capability since the motherboard itself most likely already supports that function although maybe not in the context of the Groove X-7 keyboard itself.
You can connect anything you like to the keyboard. Keyboard, Mouse, even bluetooth. It's got PS/2 and USB on the back.
Another beef is the specs on the Lionstracs website doesn't list the amount of polyphony for the X-7
It's not a hardware keyboard by where the number of notes it can product are limited.
The number of notes it can produce is purely down to the CPU speed and the software your running at that moment in time.
So pick any number you like because there's no way to quote exact poly. You are looking at somewhere in the range of hundreds of notes though. Either way you look at it no closed keyboard could come anywhere even remotely close to the poly you can get from a Lionstracs keyboard.
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