it seems FM took a back seat come the 90's Because sampling started to drop in price. The sampled piano in the Korg M1 sounded more like an actua...

I've never heard of a USB to SPDIF converter other than a computer 😉 Seems to me you need to connect the L/R outs to an A/D of some sort.

If I understand what you wrote BM: 1. Playing live from the keys can be recorded to USB. 2. Playing from a MIDI sequencer can be recorded to USB...

I contacted Easysounds about their XF libraries and got a disappointing reply: Are there any XF libraries with voices that will not work properly i...

Thanks, Phil (as always)...I came here after the move from Motifator and had issues immediately. I've been away for some time and some appear to have ...

Is there a thread yet with lists of libraries known NOT to be compatible? I still use the ES version of Air, all my Easysounds libraries with samp...

I have some XF libraries that were converted from ES libraries with samples, i.e. loaded the ES files into XF and saved in XF format. What I'm reading...

I assume this is actually a followup to your question in this thread. The FW16e is not like a standalone audio interface. It has no audio inputs o...

David, XS to XF is a special case because the basic architecture is the same except for the sample RAM/flash. For Classic -> ES or ES -> XS/XF o...

It's really up to other DAW manufacturers to finally support the VST3 platform. As BM stated, it's not like it's brand new! Some plugin vendors s...

If you have used more than one version of the Motif in the past, you'll already know that support for transferring performances and sequences has not ...

As BM has written, there are many reasons to go for Montage over the XF since it is the latest technology. The removal of the sequencer may take a whi...

I'm sad to see the XF gone only because at some point in the future support for drivers and editors on new computer OSes will cease. Other than that, ...