Software instruments is an innovative field. Seeing it as an exclusive option to the hardware synths might not be a good idea in the first place. No doubt, true that. They have a place, no doubt. No argument there. They definitely have a very secure place in the music making future. Fun, Free, and a great learning tool… and like most Yamaha stuff, can be taken seriously! This may all change, and future musicians may find tapping on a glass tablet with a picture of keys showing, the thing to do yikes … but manufacturing musical instruments is what got Yamaha to where they are… the products have a design team that sweats the details to make something worthy of keeping and performing on.
They sweat every detail down to the internal cable runs, efficiency, and overall playability as an instrument. Consistency in performance. I think the reface-series, as mini-key hardware rethinks of previous products was much more fun and, obviously, longer lasting than if they were just available as software plugins.
Many misunderstood this when they first hit the market, yet here we are six years later and they still sell like crazy. They function as instruments wherever you go. But just me expressing why I love what I do… for a company committed to music, technology, and enjoyment of same.
I agree with a lot of what you say. However, …and one thing about being in the position as leading musical instrument manufacturer is the commitment to pushing the tech forward. So pushing the instrument tech might mean ALSO being present in that field. To put it differently, I'm not "criticizing" Yamaha for what they are doing, which I think is great. But there are some things that I feel they should be doing and they aren't yet. And in the end, they are the owners of one of the best DAWs on the market, so Well, the computer you need anyway at least to record and mix.
It was Yamaha after all who pushed the idea of getting rid of workstation features and use the DAW for sequencing a good idea, I might add, despite a vocal minority claiming otherwise. Not to mention that the synthesizer "feature" works standalone, without the need to power up any computer a "feature" that I use quite a bit.
Not bad at all, from my POV. Still 3x the price of Falcon, some might say. Page : 1. There are no replies made for this post yet. Be one of the first to reply to this post!
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