Previously: > > > Ok, i'll add http://www.lionstracs.com to that list. > >[snip] > >Have you seen the price of this thing??? M.S.R.P $12,000.00!!! > > That means - the more it succeeds the more the involved oss > linux audio projects will get support. A few LAD members > already do work for Lionstracs.
But still. I'm all for the team, rah, rah, rah, but at $12k, or even at $8k, I'd still feel like a purchase was me single-handedly trying to support the whole group! As I said before, for that kind of money, I can buy a whole bunch of other gear that will do more. Idealism aside, it's going to have to be commercially viable, and at this stage, it's not, IMHO. I can buy an Edirol controller keyboard, and a laptop with more disk space, more screen resolution, and a midi interface, and an audio interface, and a projector, and a PA (!) for less than this thing, and I can run all the same apps, since it's *still Linux*... Or, as I said last time, I could get a V-Synth and a DV-7PR and not even have to worry about downloading the rpm-du-jour... And you know, there's something silly about the design. They should move the keys to the right and put the mod wheel and pitch bend just to the left of the keys, not way up in the top left corner like I see on the flyer! Bottom line, the X-76 is a GREAT idea, but it just isn't cost effective... -Doug
