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John64

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  1. Unusable. They might as well have left it out.
  2. That"s really impressive, I forget that I am listening to a virtual instrument because it sounds so expressive and real.
  3. Sorry to hear you lost your job. I lost my business after the 2008 crisis, so I know how it feels. Keep your head up and don"t be discouraged. I fear the worst of this whole Corona affair is yet to come.
  4. Love it, and what a shame of that dent, the horrors of shipping...
  5. It should be the other way round: the guy who writes to you that way AND tells you he is not sorry should be banned for life, he really should not be in business.
  6. Yeah, it"s best to take it easy with the 'laying on of hands" and blessings.
  7. Thanks for the follow up, Stephen. Aside from loud mechanical noise leaking into the microphone, a loud keybed can get on my nerves after a while, and I think it's true that the lower frequencies tend to be more distracting than the higher frequencies. Additionally, even if you use headphones, playing a noisy keybed in a house or apartment with thin walls can turn the neighbors into sworn enemies determined to make it impossible for you to make music. I've been in situations like that, and it made me aware of the need for either a quiet keybed or to build some kind of booth or enclosure to keep the noise down. When it comes to live playing it's a non-issue. Fortunately, there are manufacturers who recognize the need for a quiet keybed action, such as Kawai, just try the VPC1 or the MP11se, for a hammer action they are remarkably quiet. I haven't had the opportunity to try out a Fantom 6 or 7, so I have to go by what I can hear on videos,
  8. It's surprising you describe the Fantom 7 as extremely quiet, because the semi-weighted unit in the I saw had a very noisy action, as if the keys are banging against the casing. I hope some of the Roland representatives can join in and clear up some of the questions, like what the plans are for the onboard sequencer and integration with other DAWs? Will the sequencer remain as it is, max. length of 32 bars p/pattern, 8 patterns p/track, only 2 time signatures (I really need other time signatures), will Cubase integration be available in the near future? It would be nice to see other time signatures, more editing options, longer patterns, more patterns in a track. It also would be nice to get some info about the expandability of the Fantom and Roland's plans in that direction. So far I've heard that there are 8 slots reserved for expansions, that there are plans for electric pianos, Supernatural acoustic instruments, tone wheel organ models, the engines of the Jupiter X, multi-sampled libraries. If anyone from Roland could shed some light on this it would be greatly appreciated. I am considering a Fantom, but because it is lacking some functionality which I find important to have (onboard sequencer, integration with Cubase) I am still reluctant. I really like the sound of the Fantom.
  9. It looks like that guy was not exaggerating, just check out and listen for a minute or so from the 4:50 mark. The mic picks up the sound of the keybed, and you really have to crank up the volume of the Fantom in order to drown out the noise of the keybed.
  10. So we're basically back to square one when it comes to the handling of the sample content? Sample access is indeed very quick, almost unnoticeable. But now I'm still in the dark about the entire process of how the sample content is accessed. Furthermore, sample mangling requires the entire sample to be loaded, not just a beginning. Also, a percussive sound takes up a less space than a 10-layer velocity switched unlooped piano, so there is probably a lot of variation between the different sample groups. I wish DSI/8DIO would shed some light on the internals and how samples are handled. When it comes to computer based VST's and the Prophet X there's a huge difference in the interface alone. One is a generic platform which can be used for audio production purposes, the other is a musical instrument with hands-on tweakability, and the interaction with both is very different. I also wonder about the internal SSD, is it easy replaceable by owners of the Prophet X with another SSD if there's defect, and how about the sample content on the SSD in case of a replacement, can it be downloaded somewhere or will replacement SSD's with the content be obtainable and installed by a DSI dealer or do you need to make your own image of the content in case something goes wrong?
  11. Yes, I should have thought of that, it makes sense. I suppose 'instant load time' has to be taken with a grain of salt then.
  12. Thanks for the explanation, it makes sense. It also means that the 8DIO page is not correct in stating there is instant load time. The KRONOS too uses sample streaming for quite a while now, and it really takes some time to load content. I was wondering about that statement of 8DIO if it meant that maybe samples were read directly from some kind of flash ROM where their samples are stored into a much bigger flash ROM than with for instance the Motif, thus allowing them to be read instantly.
  13. The site of 8DIO mentions 'Ultra-Low Latency. Instant load time'. As you probably know, loading a sample library on the computer always takes time. So it makes me wonder if DSI used sample streaming as we know it or applied a different technique. I noticed that when asked about the sound content and RAM, the reply of DSI is always that there's '150 Gb onboard plus 50 Gb for additional content', period. No mention of RAM and the size of it.
  14. [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV_G_97OtvA
  15. Some controllers with a balanced hammer keybed are quite noisy due to the hammer action (like the Akai MPK88), and I was wondering how much noise the keybed of the K4 makes.
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