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.
standalone controller KB only maybe Nigel.....but hooked to a laptop of some sort of computer instead of lugging a big unit.....20 years from now is another story
