Perhaps... but that seems kinda speculative... I'm in the market for a good midi controller. I'm not in a hurry to buy because what I have works, but I would like better. The S8 seems like it could be an excellent midi controller in terms of the number of controls. It was a bummer for me to read it did not have aftertouch. Without aftertouch, I am just not gonna be happy with the S8 as a primary keyboard. So maybe if they come out with a non keyboard version, that might be a good controller in combination with a better keyboard.KBSoundSmith wrote:
While the current offerings with ACB seem perhaps limited compared to other synths on the market by some perspectives, I think that's only a temporary situation. Once their R&D is more complete and they have more successful prototypes, they will be able to provide synths that go far beyond the capabilities of other synths on the market -- and with few or none of their disadvantages, analog or digital. I think the price/feature/value ratio will be crushing to other developers.
Could be wrong of course. But I think there is significant promise in what they are doing, and with an eye to the future, I think they are working toward a dominating long-term advantage.
Unless they pull a Roland
But then, I think I might just prefer an actual controller for either less money, or for equal money give it more controller functionality (PolyAT). I can get a seaboard Rise for less money. So far at least, I'm not particularly enthused about the sounds I've heard from the System 8... Not bad, just doesn't stand out from the softsynth world. And I'm really satisfied with my softsynths. It is analog hardware that is of more interest to me as far as adding synthesis capability.
I'm just not sold on investing in the Roland ecosystem.
Both the Deep Mind 12 and the Matrixbrute look more interesting to me. Both as synths and potentially as controllers. They both have AT as well. The Matrixbrute has 3 pedal connections (1 sustain and 2 expression). I'm very curious how it might work as a midi controller.
But my point is that the technological trajectory is very promising and with the proper implementation and features would take a wrecking ball to the current synth landscape.
