[QUOTE]Originally posted by Craig_UK:
I'm going for the Wersi Ikarus as soon as I sell my Ketron SD1. Wersi and Lionstracs are simply the way to go and cutting edge stuff, other manufacturers should take note before they get left behind.

Unless you need the keyboard, Wersi also makes the EX 1 Expander which has all the facilities of Wersi OAS instruments, and so can be connected via Midi to your Media station, whichever you go for hang on (or negotiate a free upgrade) till OAS 7 arrives (Should be out soon) as OAS 7 moves the Wersi OAS system to a whole new level, and which includes and integrated VST host allowing up to 4 VST instruments to be used simultaneously, (OAS 6 only allows 1 to be used through the inbuilt Cubasis software) and also comes complete with Giga Sampler as standard.
If you like computer based software also have a look at the Venus software from Tornado Music. http://www.tornado-music-shop.de/
I would also be interested to know how the display layouts compare, as from the videos the Media Station display seems a lot more busy.

Bill