You are probably right Kevin, media composers will not be inclined to buy this product.knolan wrote:
...Media composers will not be inclined to buy this product...
I am quite convinced that a lot of potential buyers of the Integra-7 are finally all those folks who can't afford a JP-50, let alone a JP-80. Some folks for example on the infamous "Gearslutz" forum, formerly bashing the Jupiter-50/80, are now suddenly very excited about the Integra-7, planning its purchase, which is of course quite telling, but absolutely not surprising...
The majority of future I-7 users will use the I-7 more as a players tool, than as a production tool. Hence the new Roland A-88/49 Controllers with the new "SuperNATURAL Mode", suited for nothing else than the I-7.
The JP-80 has latency issues, by pushing the number of layers, which becomes very evident with percussive sounds, combined with massive SN Synth Tone layers, using a lot of partials. There is even a remark about the JP-80's latency issues in some more extreme settings in the manuals.
The I-7 will very probably have the exactly same latency issues by using 16 different SN Tones on all 16 parts at a time, which makes it somewhat useless for production. You will have to use the PCM Synth engine for some parts instead and reduce the number of parts using SN Tones, in order to reduce the latency...
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