SV: Re: [sdiy] Korg MS20 good deal?

[Michael Bacich]

On Apr 14, 2006, at 3:39 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote:

> Oh, so the MS20 legacy is going dead?
>
> I never felt that my MS20 should be replaced by a MS20 legacy, the  
> real thing
> is much better IMHO.

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.

MB

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!
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