<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Apr 14, 2006, at 3:39 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Oh, so the MS20 legacy is going dead?</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I never felt that my MS20 should be replaced by a MS20 legacy, the real thing</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">is much better IMHO.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>That whole Korg soft synth suite is an awesome value. Putting both the MS20 and the Wavestation in one package was genius. I still love my real MS20 and my real WS, but I think Korg is providing a great product for the modern age. The more I get into using soft synths, the more I start thinking real synths are just a big pain in the ass. I'm not quite ready to switch over completely, but I'm getting there.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>MB</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>PS -- Will Korg ever make a Triton soft synth? Or Yamaha make a soft Motif? It's certainly technically possible. A few years ago, Akai announced a very sophisticated VST sampler plug-in, very similar to the S5000 / S6000, then they very quietly dropped the idea. This is understandable, since they're still trying to sell hardware. The fact is, though, that most music professionals are switching over to almost entirely software-based setups. Within a few years, working in the studio with hardware-based keyboards and modules is going to seem kind of quaint and anachronistic. I'm talking about music professionals, not hobbyists and fetishist collector types, or insane analog freaks like us. It seems that the major companies (Korg, Roland, etc.) see this coming, and must be making plans to stay in the game somehow. They're going to have to!</DIV></BODY></HTML>