Originally posted by Chris A:
I really don't think you can listen to these demos and tell me that it sounds like a keyboard and a midi sequencer. Sure these are very large sample libraries but I don't think it will be too long before sounds of this quality begin to appear in keyboard hardware.
[This message has been edited by Chris A (edited 02-01-2004).]
I agree wholeheartedly Chris!
I can foresee in the not to distant future memory becoming very inexpensive (which it already is to a great degree) and Keyboards incorporating huge amounts of memory for their respective Wav ROM's. What we see in Keyboards now will look like kilobytes in comparison to what they will have. I can see the big 3 (Yamaha, Roland, and Korg) putting Gigabytes of internal Wav ROM memory in their Keyboards in just a few short years from now, ie., - under 10 years.
And I agree that the sounds of Saxes and other hard to reproduce sounds will go from average to awesome because of not only larger samples but because of other advanced breakthroughs in Keyboard related hardware technologies and sound reproduction techniques. And speaking of sound reproduction techniques: Korg has now advanced their sound reproduction capability with the new RX technology implemented into the Pa1X.
And I am eagerly anticipating Yamaha to come out with some new radical sound technology breakthrough for their Keyboards soon too.
Best regards,
Mike
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