Originally Posted By: MarioD
<...> I will probably lose a few soft synths when I update to Win 10 but I know that these units will still run.


Exactly. Every hardware MIDI instrument invented from it's birthday in 1983 will work with today's and tomorrow's computers, as long as it is in working order.

Remember the VSC (Virtual Sound Canvas) softsynth that came with BiaB many years ago? It won't work on new computers. Yet my older than VSC hardware Roland SC-55 sound canvas still works -- and it always sounded better than the VSC.

Windows 10 is supposed to have a shelf life of 10 years. So the soft synths you buy now should work for 10 years before your investment becomes obsolete. By then the first MIDI synths will be over 40 years and still working.

I've been playing music a long time, and I really am opposed to disposable technology when there is a choice.

But disposable technology is good for corporations. Take recordings. Buy it on Vinyl, buy it again on cassette with no re-recording investment, then CDs, now download, sooner or later a new download format. And neither the musicians nor the engineers nor anyone else has to be paid again, and you buy the same product over and over.

Worked for movies too. Laserdisc to VHS to DVD to Blu-Ray. How many bought that movie 4 times?

On the subject. Hats off to PG Music. The music that I created on my Atari, DOS5 PC, and Motorola chip Mac still works on today's BiaB.

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