Now, up until this point, I thought you may actually have some numbers to back your claims... maybe you are working for a big retailer or something and you have some actual numbers. But once you put that there you literally buried yourself. MPC has been around for decades and the sound libraries are hardly released for MPC Keys only, so that shows nothing about the Keys sales. But when we are talking about Fantom vs Montage/MODX, I think you are absolutely right - the sheer volume of *third-party* released sound libraries specifically for Montage and MODX speaks volumes about the actual availability and use of these instruments. On the contrary, Roland has nearly zero third-party sound libraries, and the ones they are releasing are mostly rehashed samples from early 2000s, while their enzyme and ZEN-Core sound libraries are not specific to the Fantoms, so, just like with MPC, don't really show much about keyboard sales.Take a look at how many sound packs there are for the Rolands. That will give you some idea which products have sold vastly better.
But what can give you some glimpse is the user groups, right? The biggest "Fantom Platform" user group on FB is about 4k users, that's Fantom and Fantom-0 users altogether. Other groups have like 2.5 to 3k users.
The biggest MODX group has 19.5k members, the biggest Montage (legacy) group has 8.6k members and the biggest one focused on the new Montage M only has 11.6k members. That should mean something, no?
So, unless you have some real numbers from credible sources, I would say you just speak your mind based on personal feelings and preferences, which do not really count for statistics, right?
PS: BTW, I was referencing Thomann's Top Sellers list which was topped by MODX for nearly 2 years after it's release, with all 3 models being in the top 10 for extended periods. At no point in time that happened for any other model.
Statistics: Posted by ITB-Music — Mon Jun 17, 2024 11:26 am