Why LINUX and NOT WINDOWS?
Lionstracs believes that Windows is the wrong Operating System in a keyboard workstation for the following reasons: Windows is too prone to crashing and CallTask bugs , is quite costly, has a messy licensing scheme, is not optimized for real time audio applications, the source code of the operating system is not available so end users can tweak it, integrating standalone applications (Cubase, Gigastudio, Kontakt, etc.) into the keyboard UI is nearly impossible because those applications were not designed to be used in a live keyboard.

Like it or not, it's time for a change in the keyboard world. Lionstracs believes that change is not coming from other large scale keyboard manufacturers because they are still trying to sell their embedded keyboards as if they are state of the art.

The truth is most keyboards manufactured and marketed today are older technology with a few new sounds thrown in but still contain chips that are over a decade old.

Remember when Scientists first claimed the earth was not flat and were ridiculed?
In the end the Scientists were right and today with keyboard technology it's a very similar situation.
Only time will tell what the future holds but Lionstracs will be on the forefront with LINUX and the Mediastation models.

You there already know that we have ready the all windows XP driver for the mediastation and is really working good.
All the VST plugings are working, Cubase SX, Logic audio5.5, OMB and much more, this is normal, we know.
Now the mediastation with XP is working about the same like the Openlabs, we can do the same stuff, but for what? just for open the VST in one display and play it over with the keyboards?
All the VST and application functions, knobs, sliders are NOT linked with the Mediastation sliders and 172 LED keys, we have to use right now with the touch screen, like the Neko.
I really dont like this OS way, because is really hard to control the all application by the touchscreen and have just some functions linked in some keys.
Untill we cant have the souce code of the windows application, is really hard to make what we can do under Linux.

Anyway now give the possibility to have the mediastation with the windows XP OS, you can choose what OS to booting.
Regards