Speculation continues...


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Title: Re: Does anyone know what and when the S900 replacement will be??
Post by: Joe W on October 22, 2008, 09:34:38 PM
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Allow me to pass along this note I received -- from an unnamed source who thought the info was 90-95% accirate:

First of all, these dates are not final but they seem like the y-way of doing things. The s550 will ship in November -- specs on that are well known and are just an evolution from the s500. The s750 will be debuted at winter namm. The s950 will be there or a few weeks after. Both will ship by mid-Feb. The 750 is so-so, the 950 is a Tyros killer if the specs don't change...none of us know what the hell they're doing. Street price will be under 1400 euros, maybe 1750 can. I have used a very early prototype and it's amazing. Firmware hasn't even been fully developed yet.
This is part of what I have for the s950. Differences with s750 are in parens. Both will be available in silver or black. s950 will have some video outs as t3, ditto for audio inputs. s950 has same audio recording, s750 none. s950 will use the t3 style of accompaniment, s750 remains the same. s950 can mount speakers. Anything not here is about what you'd expect. The master-f stuff will almost certainly wait till the t4 in late 2010 or, more likely, 2011.
61 keys; new dynamic after-touch (not on 750) *

128 note polyphony
Display: tilitng 648x480 colour LCD (5.9" bw - doesn't articulate but is at nice angle)
Voices: 722 + 20 Organ Flute + 480 XG + 256 GM2 + 35 Drum/SFX Kits (380 Voices + 16 Drum/SFX Kits + 480 XG Voices)
Featured Voices:
SArticulation2: 4 (0)
SArticulation: 48 (8)
Mega: 18 (12)
Sweet: 26 (20)
Live: 64 (56)
Cool: 56 (56)
Live Drum Kits: 12 (don't know about s750)
Organ Flutes: 16 (12)
Custom Voice: Yes
Voice Editor: Yes (No)
Effects:
Reverb: 40 preset + 3 user (38 + 3 user)
Chorus: 106 preset + 3 user
DSP 1: 191 presets + 3 user
DSP 2+: 110 presets + 10 user
Master Compressor: 5 presets + 5 user (5 presets + 3 user)
Master EQ: 5 bands, 5 presets + 2 user
Part EQ: 29 parts (28 parts)
Styles: 400 pro + 36 session (216 pro + 12 session)
On board RAM: 3.2 MB (1 MB)
Optional RAM: up to 2GB additional (n/a)
Hard Drive: 80 gb optional (n/a)
USB to Host
USB to LAN
USB to device
* OS update will give this to t3


If the sucessors are indeed that near (spring 2009) it will be great news.

BTW Squeak, I got a litle web camera. What do I have to install to be able to talk to you lot? Skype?