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TB3 is 40gb per second. SanDisk PRO-G40 SSD up to 3000MB/s read, up to 2500 MB/sec write Thunderbolt is not the bottleneck!

👍 As a v1 product it’s interesting to see how this evolves. It seems software developers are interested in selling hardware. In fact, they may need to as Roland, Yamaha, Korg, etc. get serious about software instruments.

Given the choice… Juno-G, Gi, Juno-Stage, Juno-Di, Juno-DS or Juno-X?

Edge with Copilot is my browser of choice on macOS and Windows. Apple is sticking those AI cores in their silicon for a reason that’s bigger than AI Mastering in Logic Pro.

So a mass body of inconsequential music is forthcoming from AI. But musicians - we are our own best consumers of music - will continue to prefer and search for artists and music that matters to us. At least for the short term - where we obviously can tell the difference and recognize what isn’t “real”. I don’t think we’ll be alive long enough to meet an AI that has a life and experiences we would want to hear about.

It of course takes us into two page sheet music reader territory (likely way too expensive for just that use). But we get a glimpse of a variety of applications from ASUS’s recent attempt.

Sounds they have, a very successful line of software instruments that covers a wide pallet, at least a few of which are preferable to what we get on similarly priced trickle downs from flagship workstations. What they don’t have is years of experience in hardware user interface, high poly count on limited hardware, a proprietary sample compression scheme like AWM2 or Supernatural, seamless patch switching, DAW or MainStage integration, top tier action design, things like that. If I had keys I liked and wanted Arturia sounds I’d get them for macOS and run them in MainStage. If I already had the Arturia plugins and didn’t have keys but wanted to play them a round and a bout just as they sounded at home - yeah, ok. I’d grab this and leave the laptop at home.

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Too many people to please!

Yes of course. Just from a customer/player’s perspective. Like any other feature - having accurate data on what users want and predicting what they will open their wallets for is the challenge.

What can be said. 🤷‍♂️

It’s endlessly frustrating when keys aren’t offered in 61, 73/76, 88.

Not that the 80 is identical to the 50 or 30, just the same in concept and era. They’re all 90s Roland ROMplers with a wide sound palette (in some cases expandable) and decent build. I know the XP-80’s action was quite good. Depending on climate I’ve heard about issues with glue and key weights - but I gigged mine in the north east US for better than a decade without issue. It also had a full sequencer and a decent fx section. The acoustic pianos were not great for solo piano imho, but for a dance band excellent sounds.

If you have one in good condition just keep it. It sounds as good today as it did when you bought it. They also opted for a memory card instead of floppy - so if you have a card you’re all set. It still sells for $500 second hand. Roland isn’t putting any better actions on their boards and they are using basically the same samples or types of samples in their products all the way up to Zenology. I had an XP-80 which I sold for pennies and still regret it. I should have swapped the floppy drive for a USB stick interface and kept it.

You’ll have to let us know if this lets you ditch the laptop and MainStage for the journey set. Off the top of your head, what sounds are you thinking Analog Lab would nail?

Nick has his hands on it.

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sort of, didn't they say it only ships with analog lab? you have to factor in the cost of V collection into the price of this keyboard.

I think it is every software instrument developer’s dream to see their instrument in hardware and to see musicians make music with it. Hardware is also typically less susceptible to theft (warez, pirating). Having hardware definitely is another source of income for Arturia. Question - does Arturia ship the VSTs on this keyboard? Or is this really for owners of their software instruments because you have to be licensed? Or is it that the patch exchanging from computer only works when you own the software. I’m not clear on that.

For comparison this is what the MPC Keys uses: 4GB Ram / Quad Core ARM Processor / 32 GB Internal Storage Are these specs available for the Arturia?

The polyphony limitations are interesting. I’m guessing that they are balancing between sound quality, latency and what hardware they can afford to put in the box. It does seem under powered. That doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be useful for a lot of applications. Just maybe that it wouldn’t be one’s pick for certain performances.

Idk 🤷‍♂️ but it has yet to sound great compared to samples or Pianoteq or V-Piano.

Moddart and Roland have nothing to fear from Arturia when it comes to modeled acoustic pianos.

The price is quite good compared to say another mirrored studio/hardware solution like say, Montage M w/ E.S.P. But obviously this board is not going to be of the same build quality.