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Originally posted by Nigel:
I'm not so sure about that ... all digital keyboards are software based and have been for 20 years now. Digital = Software based. The software currently just happens to be embedded in ROM rather than loaded from a computer's hard drive. I still think there will always be a market for stand alone keyboards but they will be competing with computer based synths. But I do think that keyboards similar to Lionstracs will become more and more common in the future.



Nigel, you are right.
Musician right now and in the next 10 years future, they will always have one hardware stand alone keyboards. This because not all musician are prepared and have know how about PC system. They can pay a lot of money, BUT they will all ready to play, turn ON the keyb, press some keys and PLAY!

PC system with softsynth are right now the new future, BUT untill you are able to assembly one working system, integration of the all sounds engine with latency under 3ms..you need to be one software engineers!

For that normally musician prefer to continue buy closed embedded system, because are so simple to use and ready to play.

Untill you there will be happy with the USB 1.0, 64-128Mb ROM sounds, slave to PC connection, more cheap and plastic possible...the big brands there will be always so happy to continue sell you the same sup every 6-8 months.

The future anyway is around the PC system and for sure someday they maybe will arrival too.
But for this need:
+ AMD CPU 64bit system
+ Powerfull 24bit Audio card with min 126dB Dynamic range
+ Possibility to connect external Fireware/usb audio cards in the internal mixing
+ Full open controlled API/Midi/USB hardware pannel
+ Double OS, Linux 64bit and windows as slave server (lol)
+ Unlimited VST loader and Clients
+ Unlimited ASIO Clients
+ min another 540.000 line of new C, C++, for try to manage the only keyboard system ( not included the all other engine application)
+ make that this all dream can really working
= Mediastation hardware and OS 2.0.
This we have right now. http://www.lionstracs.com/store/information_pages.php?info_id=24

IF someone try to start with this Open technology ( and need more 4-8 years for see some working) in the next 4-8 years waw the Mediastation will be able to do?

Of course, if someone there will start with this new technology, for sure in the next years we wil see a lot of new products, PC based that are able to LOAD the all what you like.

For now...enjoy what you have in your hards and have FUN!
cheers

[This message has been edited by LIONSTRACS (edited 10-12-2007).]