Imagine – What if you could travel 20 years into the future and bring back the perfect keyboard?
Do you think the Keyboard of the future would have a complete computer system incorporated right into its case, giving its owner full audio and midi processing power with virtually no limits on its abilities? Maybe it would merge this awesome flexibility with the single button access that has previously only been available in limited traditional embedded keyboards that gave their owners few new features beyond their original design. Maybe it would be completely Software driven so that its entire GUI and OS could upgraded and changed in its entirety as often as needed. And maybe it would have vast amounts of storage and memory so that almost anything would be possible

Can you imagine what it would be like? Chances are it would be a lot like Lionstracs innovative range of Mediastation Keyboards.  Clearly the most advanced Keyboard workstations ever designed
                                                          
The Concept- The Keyboard of the Future. The concept is simple, the only way to make a music workstation that is completely upgradeable, flexible and practically unlimited in features is to build it around a powerful computer system and to design it so that everything from its GUI to its sound engine is software driven.

The Foundation is the Difference – Choosing the right platform for the Media station was critical. A closed source operating system like Mac or Windows would not give the flexibility necessary to merge with the panel button control that is needed for ease of use on a performance instrument, It had to be open source, powerful and most importantly of all extremely stable. The answer – Linux

Under Your Control - Master Keyboard Controller with 76 semi-weighted or 88 hammer action fully weighted keys. Over 172 large dual color LED buttons and other controllers, 2 Midi out ports, Modulation wheels or joysticks (depending on which model you have all inside a solidly built aluminum case with an 8 ½’’ color touch screen built right in. All this lays a great foundation for the Mediastation as a super Master Keyboard Controller, but the most important ingredient is how these controllers are integrated through the GUI and the open source Linux OS. This allows control that would not be possible with other system. This truly sets the Mediastation apart from all other would be contenders

Unlimited Sound Quality – Giga HD streaming. No more worrying about the size of a particular sound and if your keyboard has enough memory to hold it. Sounds of even 30, 40, or 60 Mb load in a split sec and sounds as large as an entire Gb can load in a minute. With a 200 Gb hard drive you can load whatever sounds you would like, and the 2 Gb of RAM will not even be a consideration.

You’ve brought the Whole Band with you – Pro Arranger. Oh did we forget to mention that the Mediastation has a complete back up band at your disposal. Not only is it a powerful Synth Workstation, but also you can load hundreds or even thousands of arranger styles to follow you lead. Audio tracks can also be incorporated into the styles, and it can recognize almost every chord that you can play

Power to spare – With an AMD Sempron AM2 running at 3.2 Ghz, you’ll be amazed at the power this baby has under the hood and 2 Gb of Ram and a 200 Gb hard drive, you’re in for the ride of your life! Best of all you can still upgrade to faster more powerful options if the need ever arises. That’s because many standard PC components have been used to make upgrading and compatibility and even repairs if ever needed simple. You might even say that this is the last keyboard you may ever need.

Professional Studio Grade Software – tons of great 3rd party software is already included on the Mediastation, remember through Linux we’re fully compatible with most everything the open source community has designed to help audio and music professionals. Even video editing software can be used
Plus there are many other software titles on the market. Native Instruments Kontakt 2 works very well when loaded, and the acclaimed B4 organ emulation is included as standard on the Pro models.

Connections? -  The Mediastation has them! 4 External USB 2.0 ports, 1 LAN Ethernet 10/100/1000, 1 RSR232 Printer port, PS2 Keyboard & Mouse. A video port so that you can connect a large LCD flat screen for studio work, 2 XLR MAIN OUTPUTS Balanced, 2 XLR CUE OUTPUTS Balanced, 2 MONO Jack MIX OUT 2 function, 1 STEREO Phones Out Jack. (Note all audio output are at 24 bit quality!) 2 MIDI Inputs and 2 MIDI Outputs. 1 Jack Sustain Pedal connector. 1Jack Keyboard Pedal Volume. Two flexible 330mm detachable gooseneck Lamps with XLR male connectors. And if you could possibly need any more there’s still one PCI expansion slot open on the Main board.

Sounds – In addition to the onboard synthesis engine, a massive library of preset sounds are included. Not only does it take advantage of the well established Giga format and the thousands of sounds and libraries already on the market, but every Mediastation comes standard with a huge Giga Sound bank that is currently over 8 Gb in high quality samples and growing daily as there are professional sound designers and keyboard player from around the world still contributing new sounds. Many new workstations boast of a paltry 64Mb of sounds try our 8530Mb that can be played instantly and you will begin to understand the concept

Customized for You– The Mediastation Gets Personal. Now this is the feature that professionals will really like. One of the biggest advantages of the Mediastation is that you are not stuck with a keyboard design. No one size fits all here, you can customize this workstation to your heart’s content. If you are already used to using an expensive high-end sound library as long as it is in giga format then you can load it in. Also you can change to different software titles, many already work well through WINE and FST. You can even replace background wallpapers with pictures of your choice. How much more personal can you get?

Need more reasons? -  Most of the feature of the Mediastation is actually part of its software, and while these are already amazing, they can be continuously expanded and upgraded. Finally a keyboard workstation that grows with you. We could go on and on and on listing the feature, but only when you hear you music at a 24-bit depth will you really understand the Mediastations value.
Get your hands on one. 
 You’ll be glad you did!

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