Ed A.

I read somewhere that Arturia Piano V3 is actually based on earlier Modartt code used in Pianoteq. Arturia may have licensed it from Modartt.

Well, I guess I'm keeping my NI Kontrol S61 MK3 for a while. AstroLab has no polyAT and I assume not a Fatar keybed, and has only a tiny, fidgety display/control. The NI S61 MK3 has a beautifully large color display, eight touch-sensitive knobs, plus it has a powerful built-in processor that NI plans to use to expand its capabilities with future updates, and is already MIDI 2.0 capable. The other thing I don't like about the AstroLab is it's even bulkier and heavier than the already large NI S61 MK3. List price is $1,999, I see it on B&H for $1,599. Too much money for what it is.

Might also be this, an 88 note hardware version of Arturia Analog Lab V software called AstroLab: https://device.report/arturia/astrolab-88 There also appears to be a 61 note and mini version: https://device.report/arturia/astrolab-61 https://device.report/arturia/astrolab-mini The name "AstroLab" would be consistent with the astronaut in Arturia's promo video.

Maybe by inMusic like Moog was? Notice the use of the phrase "A New Chapter" in the headline: https://www.moogmusic.com/news/moog-and-inmusic-new-chapter-innovation-and-collaboration-begins

They’re closing the New Haven, Connecticut store, the only Sam Ash in Connecticut. I would have thought that because New Haven is a big college town(Yale, UNH, Quinnipiac) that a music store would do well there. Could be because many college students are broke and don’t have much disposable income for music gear, or they buy online.

Got an email from Arturia that says: “A new chapter awaits… We are grateful to continue making the instruments we love, but it is the ingenuity and passion of you, our fellow sound explorers, that drives us forward. Thank you for being with us every step of the way. Join us on Tuesday April 9th at 6PM CEST as we set the stage for what's coming next…“ There’s much speculation in the live chat as to what they refer to. People are thinking everything from a subscription model, or they’ve been acquired (boo!!), to some new instrument or controller (yay!!). https://r.info.arturia.com/mk/cl/f/sh/WCPzyXJTZ7AVlvPf0vdetInwMOKTUdTq/ydokrZqNcLfH

You don’t need to do anything to your Mac. There is no BIOS on a Mac anyway. Do you have the NI Hardware Connection Service app installed? If you do (I’m guessing you don’t, from your description),then open either Kontakt or Komplete Kontrol plugins in a MainStage or Logic Pro channel strip (or your choice of other DAW). If either of these NI plugins are active in the channel strip, select an instrument from either of those plugins. That instrument should automatically load into the Kontrol S49 MK3 and show its artwork and controls on the keyboard screen. It could also be that since you have a demo unit, it might be possible that the unit was already previously registered to someone (at Sweetwater). Or maybe they never actually registered the unit, and you need to do that. Here’s the setup procedure: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/specials/komplete/kontrol-setup/ Did you input the unit’s serial number, and update the unit’s firmware as mentioned in the link above?

I recently bought a Native Instruments Kontrol S61 Mk3 for the polyAT and find that I almost never use polyAT. 😄

I'm a physical modeling enthusiast and out of the many physical modeling synths I have, Sculpture is still my favorite. It's more experimental instead of emulative which is why I like it.

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Me too. I don’t hear the similarity at all.

Korg has economy of scale that Schmidt doesn't have. They could make something more complex at a fraction of the price.