Sbenno: you wrote
"There is certainly a revolution going on about how music is made but musicians still need hardware to interact, an alphanumerical keyboard and a mouse are
not the right interface to musicians, especially those that are not too PC-savy. They need buttons, faders, knobs, and at max a touchscreen.

On the other hand traditional MIDI keyboards that are engineered using the usual embedded design and custom chips/DSP cannot compete with the innovation
rate that the PC sector is experiencing.
The Mediastation's goal is combine the best of both worlds."

I totaly agree with that. I like the concept of sofsynts because you can get a lot of sounds from different sources. However I don’t like the fact that I have to hook a keyboard or controller to the computer to use softsynths effectively. I like the fact that the mediastation is a Keyboard with PC memory and technology.

I hate having to get a keyboard for new sounds. And when I do get the keyboard, I only like or even use 40% of the sounds.
Just give me a good hardware and the ability to intuitively load sounds quickly and I will be happy. I don’t really mind if the mediastation does not have a very good sound set. If I could build my own sound set with sounds I know I like and would use, that would be great!

I know keyboard manufactures may not like this because musicians may not have a reason to keep buying a new hardware keyboard. After all that is probably why they come out with a new keyboard ever so often with just a few sound and technology improvements. The new boards are just a tees and keep you wanting for more. But if it is not good for their current system, may be it is time for them to rethink and maybe change their concept of what should be in a keyboard.

At first, mediastation would probably be looked down on because it is a new concept of how to use keyboards with today’s PC world. But the way that they are going will catch on because sounds sounds and more sounds is what is in demand right now.