Originally posted by Diki:
When even Frank can put out a high quality video demo of the Ketron by running a digital recorder on the outputs of the arranger, while the video camera is running (it's tough to find a consumer video camera with good line in capabilities), and then flying the audio in afterwards in a video editor, it is astonishing that bad audio demos get released by a serious manufacturer...
Heck, the MS is supposed to be able to record itself (and a mike for commentary to a separate track) while the player is playing, and THAT could be synced to the video afterwards (in the MS itself, if its' video capabilities are set up right). Why, if including this capability in the 'open' keyboard, does the manufacturer themselves not make use of it?
Or is it, just like the arranger section itself, simply too difficult to do, easily? Once again, a reality check is being presented, front and center. It's all well and good to say the MS 'COULD' do something like this. But when the manufacturer, once again (just like the arranger section) can't figure out how to get it right, how is that supposed to show us mere mortals that we could do it..?
A product that is almost impossible to find in any store anywhere NEAR you lives or dies on its' web demos. I find it amazing Lionstracs has managed to survive the almost suicidal efforts of its' web demos, on the whole. 
If a store dealer can put out a better sounding demo than this manufacturer, surely it's time (actually, well PAST time) he ditches the entire approach and goes with something that WORKS...?
Just run a little H2 on the audio outs while you film, Dom... That is, if figuring out how to get the MS to record its' own audio is too complicated! 
Hell as much as it hurts me to say it Diki is right on the money, someone come in and tell us we are both wrong. I thought 6 months ago Ketron would be down the pan and they are still alive and kicking. Dom most have some money behind him to go one like this, I would love to buy a MS but it just doesn't feel right, unless he is selling them in big numbers into Russia and we don't know about it how is he going to penetrate the market, make profit to support the product when he can't even advertise or distribute it? If you can’t go and see it at a music shack near you he needs a wow factor video with sound that will blow your mind, all this crap about playing through PC speaker is tosh, the Audya sounded fantastic though mine when I saw it demo and all the video that Ketron did at Namm was great. Come on Dom hit us with it or you will end up with a pile of cardboard boxes , work up a plan and stop using other people to do it for your sales videos for you, I am sure it will work, SZ -MS is dead in the water what does that tell you. BTW Dom how many models do you actually make and think about this, how many model of the T4 do Yamaha make ?????
There a TV program in the UK called the Dragons Den where people go to get money for their business, from the 4 Dragons private investors , the applicants are subjected to question about their business, I can imaging Dom being there and saying how many model he makes, how many colors they are in and what advertising he has done thus far. I know what their answer would be.
[This message has been edited by Tony Hughes (edited 10-17-2010).]
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