I don't think the investment in a Karma would have been a sound decision for me. For what I do in particular, I need an arranger for live play ( PA80 ) and a workstation / synth for the studio ( Motif ). Both of these boards are also useful in either setting for me. Still, every time I go to the music store I play around with the Karma. One of the GEs does this fusion thing that I just love. I came oh so close to buying one last year. Like nearly everything else though, I was afraid that the novelty would eventually wear off and then I would be left with a board that would not be suitable for me for live play and whose strengths as a studio board do not particularly gravitate toward my preferred genres of music.

I was willing to spend the bucks for a software version though. I remember seeing dialogue about it in the past on the Karma forum and I seem to remember that the estimated retail price was going to be about 500 USD or so. I stayed with the forum to kind of keep track of this. Later I read that there might only be a Mac version released and that Steven was not sure if a Windows version would be released at all. I lost interest but from time to time I visited the forum anyway.

Then one day, a moderator emailed me to point out to me that I was not very active in the group. He suggested I become more active or consider leaving the group, so I chose the latter. I have not been back since. Still, I wonder... Did Korg ever release a MAC version and / or a Windows version of Karma ?

AJ