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Originally posted by WDMcM:
Hi AJ,

I asked a similar question once. The answers I received were similar to the few you have gotten so far; basically 76 weighted keys, full sound and sequence editing, at least 1GB of sample RAM, a million free styles to choose from, weighing less than 15 lbs., huge color touch screen, etc. all for under $500.00. I would take one.

But seriously, I tried to get another company to do something that I thought might solve several customer requests. Build an instrument with a decent sized touch screen with soft-buttons along the bottom, dedicated buttons for sound selection, sequence/arranger control and storage functions, and a group of assignable buttons that could be used for arranger functions (start/stop/fills), vocal processor on/off, one-shot sample playback, sequence phrases, a good amount of assignable battery-backed RAM, etc. Get FATAR to make a 76 note version of the TP100LR. Then have a choice in operating systems, one with basic workstation functions (sounds and sequencer with editing), one with basic arranger functions with lyrics display (no multi-track sequencing, in-depth sound editing, etc.), and then a full blown O/S including the full workstation and arranger programming, vocal processor, multi-buss/multi-effects processor and so forth. The I/O on the back panel could consist of stereo line outputs and two 1/4" TRS mic/line inputs and 3 dedicated assignable pedal inputs that can accept switch or variable pedals, and then a user installable accessory module, consisting of 4 additional audio outputs and two XLR audio inputs, S-video output, balanced XLR stereo outputs and maybe a digital output, etc.

This way one hardware shell can cover a number of different user needs.

Dave




Dave ..that sounds like the MediaStation...
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