Hook up a midi controller, a roland xv 5080 to a midi interface and then to a pc computer11/20/2022 Most of them sound toy-ish.ĭon't forget the PC-concept is still based on IBM 8080 architecture (mid 80's) Until now only a very few Virtual-synths on PC impressed me. What would the price be of a Windows/Linux based 'arranger keyboard' software ? (300 - 600 Euro's ?)Ī good quality keyboard (the masterkeyboard) is always needed (500 Euro's ?) Imagine that the Native Instruments synths have an average price of 150 Euro's. The 'standard' PC hardware is not good enough for serious musicians. You talk about the low hardware-costs of PC-parts. Most musicians prefer 'hardware' to play on, instead of Windows-based stuff.Īs stated before some brands try to develop PC-based keyboards/synths, but only very view people have one. We live in 2003 and I don't want to see arrangers with 62-voice poly and 10 year old hardware showing up anymore. So many things are possible, but sigh, nothing happens. They probably wont else nobody wants to buy a real XV or Motif anymore LOL. Talking about softsynths, Why wont Roland or Yamaha create a virtual XV-5080, or Motif, that would be nice. So I really see a bright future for the software (Arranger) synths. I mean come on, Korg PA1XPro has 62 voice polyphony, WHAT? yes, and its 2003 for goodness sake, Yamaha Tyros has 96 MB Waverom, its ok (Although I think Yamaha should have installed a total new waveset instead of re-using the old sounds, they sound rather artificial ), but these days comparing to the pc industry I would say 512 MB is normal, You only pay about $80-90 for 512 MB SDRAM.Īnd they could have made these arrangers expandable with sample ram or expansion cards, but no, there arent any decent expansion cards for todays arrangers. Well I hope something revolutionary is going to happen in keyboard cuz I don't want to spend $3000 on 10 year old hardware. So I understand that you won't spend the night in a sleeping bag before the music-shop to get the first one when it arrives. When there will be a machine in the shops for $1200, that you can use as an arranger keyboard with a 600*800 color display, a hard drive, unlimited memory, that can be loaded with any sequencing and arranging software and softsynths, and can also be used as a normal PC, then people will buy it! They could easily sell a million of those! And they can sell it for such a low price because it uses standard PC parts (except for the black and white keys).Īnd there will be heavier models for (semi)professionals too, equiped with high quality soundcard synths. What I described is a Media Station as you described it, but in the shape of an arranger keyboard (with 61 normal size keys). When I'm in a music-shops I'm always amazed that the revolution that has taken place in the PC world is not happening in the keyboard world. If you look at the specifications of such a keyboard you really have the specifications of a 20 year old PC. I'm talking about keyboards in the range from $1000 thru $1500. PS: Mike where I live people drink Beerenburg in stead of JeneverĪ lot of the guys posting messages here have keyboards costing $4000 or more. They have the marketing and production power to get the right product in all the shops for the right price. I expect a firm like Sony or Dell to launch this product. Where is the hard drive? 64 Kb internal memory versus 512 MB in a cheaper PC.Īll the projects described before seem to have been experiments by people who didn't have the budget to do it right. Look at the display and compare it with a PC. If you compare what you get in a keyboard with PC's it is 20 years behind. You may not have noticed it but you have been paying way to much for keyboards. I'm not a personal fan of Bill Gates but the reality is that Windows is the standard for PC's and thanks to the fact that there is a standard you get your moneys worth when you by a PC. A musical home entertainment center that can be used as a PC and as a musical instrument. A PC in the shape of an arranger keyboard. I agree that Windows should stay in a PC.
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