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Originally posted by chony:
Unless you are highly skilled, I don't think you'll impress anyone with your out of the box demos. The critics who criticize it just don't get that the idea of the MS is not the preprogrammed material, but the programmable material... It is like clay to be molded and painted anyway you want - unlike Korg, Yamaha and the others...


No, really... we get it

Trouble is, do the people that BUY the MS get it as well? Let's assume they do... So where are the demos by USERS who understand this machine that eschews factory content, unlike MotifXS, M3, and FantomG (seeing as how you want to now put it in THEIR company now, after apparently failing to make a connection with arranger players )?

Imagine an XS without the vast library of GOOD loops and arpeggios it comes with, or an M3 or FantomG with the same problem!) Content isn't an arranger exclusive... the best WS's come OOTB with an extensive selection of HIGH quality content to get you started.

Where are the demos by the people that apparently DO understand the 'no OOTB content' part of the spiel? I am simply troubled by what is being touted as an ADVANTAGE to the MS buyer, that it has little you can use OOTB, it's entirely up to you, blah, blah, blah. OK, let's assume there IS someone out there that considers that an advantage... A person of great technical skill and ability....

Why doesn't he post something... anywhere?

In the meantime, of course, players of apparently lower ability are making chart toppers on MotifXS, M3, FantomG, often using barely edited factory patches!

A great painter OF COURSE wants to paint something unique... but he still needs paint. It has been a long time since most painters actually MADE their own paint. They buy it from a store. What they do with it from that point onwards is their unique contribution, but no-one is telling them 'if you want to use OUR canvas, you HAVE to make your own paint!'

Factory content in an arranger or WS is the paint that we use to start out with. We can alter it or replace it to our own needs, but we need some paint to get started. No manufacturer sells a WS with no usable content, and tells it's potential customers 'You are on your own... do it ALL yourself'

But let us assume that maybe there IS someone who would prefer to have a keyboard with little content he can be proud of out of the gate. Where does this mythical creature post this cutting edge music? Because I would SURE like to listen to it...
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