Painful Product demo: don't watch!

[glokraw]

I don't really understand why you think this video is so painful, can somebody enlighten me? I mean ok, he doesn't play much but he shows those features on the keyboard that are kind of new ... Maybe not for you but yeah I'm probably not the target audience either but I didn't find this so painful to watch? Tell meee

This appears to me, to be a slack-handed, zero-budget, last-second rush job.
Coming from what I assume to be an industry leader. Presented by someone
who looks like he just fell out of bed, and rushed to work in a t-shirt.
I'd have preferred George Clooney, in a tuxedo, with a cigar
I'm sure he could master that skillz-free C scale feature

The main feature that sets kontrol -s apart as a midi device, the blinking lights,
will probably be the first part to physically fail, and the most problematic
for third-parties to support. Even NI's own individual instruments,
and the loyal customers who enjoy them, are locked out
A mandatory number of keyswitches also severely limit the playing range
on the 25/49/61 keybeds. Hopefully, 7 of the 8 switches can be turned off?

Why not just sell the kontrol -s software separately, for $50 or so,
to existing in-komplete instrument customers?

(To be fair, a voucher is included with the product, and I don't know
how generous it is.)
Cheers

[glokraw]

There is some irony, in that many people bemoan the lack of
an aftertouch enabled midi controller, with a really good keybed.
Perhaps NI should expand their deal with Fatar, and create a model
without all the shiny things, just a great action, and some standard
knobs and sliders, that anyone would like. Maybe include a voucher
for a single instrument, or Kontact library.

It would even be easy enough, to have an external set of kontrols,
that could be placed left, center-left, center-right, or right, with
a choice between knobs and sliders, or even a mix of both.
They're going for rocket science, when basic math would sell
like kold beer in July.
Cheers

[cryophonik]

I don't really understand why you think this video is so painful, can somebody enlighten me? I mean ok, he doesn't play much but he shows those features on the keyboard that are kind of new ... Maybe not for you but yeah I'm probably not the target audience either but I didn't find this so painful to watch? Tell meee

Same here. I got to see many of the features. Yeah, so the guy wasn't the best keyboardist I've ever heard. I don't care - he won't be the guy playing it if I buy one. He clearly explained many of the features, which is something that I do care about. As for the scale indicator LEDs, I'm a formally trained keyboardist with a music theory degree, so I won't be using that feature. My 7-yo son is taking piano lessons and might find it useful. When I was a kid taking piano lessons, I had little colored stickers with note names on them to assist me, so the LEDs aren't that different. I could turn it on for him, turn it off for me. Where's the problem?

[Andywanders]

Every demo video I've seen was painful, the majority of the video was just talking, and it was all "uh, uh, uh". And then when the music technology is used, he barely plays and doesn't highlight what it's good for.

Here's a demo which (to me) is the opposite of painful...

[bailees7irish]

Those lights remind me of cheap shitty casio kbs Hmmmm, ye nah.

Those lights are my favorite part of the keyboard!

[Echoes in the Attic]

I don't see what was so painful. It was just a walk through of the functions, just like any other product walk through. Things were described well enough, who cares.

[penguinfromdeep]

This appears to me, to be a slack-handed, zero-budget, last-second rush job.
Coming from what I assume to be an industry leader. Presented by someone
who looks like he just fell out of bed, and rushed to work in a t-shirt.
I'd have preferred George Clooney, in a tuxedo, with a cigar
I'm sure he could master that skillz-free C scale feature
Cheers

To me it's not a flashy video but not necessarily a rush-job either, quite informative. And the guy looks fine to me, I wear bit that kind of clothes myself actually! I guess we have different tastes in clothing and style then

[glokraw]

I dress like that going to the drive-thru on my day off,
or getting TP at the grocers at closing time.
Showcasing the companies new flagship hardware,
I think I'd dress with more than just the legal necessities.
But maybe he was just following market-driven orders

[Lode_Runner]

The presenter guy looks like he was kicked out of Guitar Center for loitering,

Judging by the three day growth, loitering for a few days after he shot a similar demo with them

[foosnark]

Scale freaking presets. Really? Scale presets?

Bob @ NI: "Maschine has pads that light up in pretty colors, and we're adding scale presets in the next version. Why don't we make a keyboard like that?"

Ann @ NI: "Because that would be stupid?"

George @ NI: "Scale freaking presets? Really? Scale presets?"

Bob @ NI: "You're both fired."