I really don’t think anyone with music as a passionate hobby or as a profession, really thinks 155 bucks is expensive. Ask yourself, if you are in one of these categories or if with everything you first see the price and the value to you second. If so, there are millions of software solutions for sounds, 2nd hand markets, deals and cheap alternatives, which make it unnecessary to vent your anger anonymously on the Internet.

is not a midi interface or synth (to be honest I don’t want the Synth part anyway) and its 155 euro still pretty expensive.

looking at the block diagram in the user manual shows its quite a versatile MIDI & audio interface router.

I think it comes down to it’s main strengths are as a synth engine and the above features.

Screen size is driven by what manufacturers are making in China. You can get a tiny OLED graphic display for a couple of bucks, and that’s what’s going into a lot of new designs. We had to pay a premium to move up to a 3.6″ display on our units, but the difference is night and day — my aging eyes appreciate being able to read patch information from across the room.

yeah single-cyle waveforms and samples

Mattias Homgren video: Auk_xcp5Nj8

This

Take 88 key MIDI controller and connect to it, no sweat

the ESI Xkey keyboard without audio interface, MIDI interface, MIDI controller elements and synth is 149€ 😉

should be 149 euro