According to the www.musikbørsen.se webpages,the ASX is now ready to ship for the nifty pricetag of SEK3895.- (around £350)
Check it out on http://www.musikborsen.se/ (Keyboard/ynth-Ljudmodul section.
Brotha' Man Wired,
Hang in there, CME and Soniccore will be making some pro-line stuff, I can feel the trend coming.
The motorized fader controller is a fad, the UF series are good solid controllers, but I still love using 2 x KS88's, each having 60 assignable controllers for SFP. My needs are more than most guys, but once you use Scope w/ so many CC's, nothing else compares. These collaborations should improve after they make some much needed cash.
I envision SC making a really plausible card, and maybe J. Bowen can get involved down the road. With all of these great minds working together I am hoping for a really top shelf controller w/ 60 knobs, faders, and buttons w/ great action, updatable LCD's, etc. The Open Labs guys have a great start, but those VSTi's don't cut the mustard IMO.
After Solaris hits the market, things are going to really pick up. Already there is a new Prophet 8 in hardware. After using Prowave, QWave, and Solaris, one of those would never satisy me, but I believe DSP, and more live performance related instruments will be the rulers next year.
CME could be a contender I think. Everyone else just keeps releasing the same junk. They took a chance w/ the motorised fader controller. I doubt it will sell many, but at least they are trying to create, and not immatate.