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Originally posted by Diki:
I am afraid that the price penalty in using Wersi or Mediastation to trigger VST's is what is primarily keeping me away from them. I thought my G70 and the T2 were expensive enough, but here are instruments that easily double or triple that financial burden. Add to that the virtual impossibility of affording a spare if these rare instruments go bad on you (Wersi is a proven road-horse, but only time will tell if Mediastation's build quality is up to the price they ask) and you are seriously jeopardizing your career if you put your gig in their hands.

Essentially, you are paying 8-10 grand for something that a good laptop can do in conjunction with the arranger you already have, and gambling that technology doesn't leapfrog it before it has payed it's way.

I use VST's extensively for studio work (I would rather use Ivory than the studio's Steinway where I work at!), but I think that I may have another two or three year's wait before the all software keyboard isn't a 'work in progress' and finally lives up to the promise we all know it holds.


You'd be hard pressed to build a laptop along with an arranger that would be as well integrated and easy to control and use as a dedicated system like the Wersi, Lionstracs, or Korg Oasys. Wersi has a major advantage over both Korg and Lionstracs because they've been building OAS instruments for so long their software, interface, and control surface is top notch. Korg's Oasys isn't very open ended which limits what you can do with it but the system does run quite well. Lionstracs has made considerable strides over the past few months but much of that was necessary because the Mediastation wasn't quite on par with the Wersi or Korg operationally. Sonically all three are fantastic and they are the pinnacle of what is available right now. The Korg Oasys is the only keyboard I've seen whose build quality can compete with Wersi. Wersi builds their keyboards like tanks and it shows. If weight is of concern to you, a Wersi is not something to consider.