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Originally posted by Pilot:
I played a KN7000 for about an hour last Sat. and the keys felt really nice by comparison. Lots of features and above all, the organs have touch response. Nice styles too. But no XG and not much in the way of DSPs and effects so it's not for me.

Bryan


Yes, the ORGAN Panel voices on the PSR 2000 do NOT have touch response but then again the XG ORGAN voices on the PSR 2000 do. Not much of a pacifier but there is at least some consolation to know that the XG Organs have touch response which comes in very handy for certain songs especially in a live situation where it counts the most. And the nice thing is that many of the XG Organs are right up there in quality as compared to the Panel Organs. One thing I've noticed though is I have to crank up the volume some when using the XG Organs versus the Panel Organs.

And yes, I agree that the PSR 2000 is the best bang for the buck right now and I also agree that the Key feel is very mushy and flimsy and I pray to God that Yamaha starts making their Arrangers with TRUE full size Keys like Korg and some of the others do. My fingers are normal in size I would guess but things get very tricky sometimes when playing my PSR 2000 especially on certain more difficult chordings and faster tempo'd songs. I can imagine a person with thicker fingers going nuts trying to play some fast Ragtime or any other real fast song with complicated chordings on Yamaha's Portable Arrangers. PS: Yamaha could have very easily incorporated TRUE full size Keys on the Tyros with all that extra empty space on the left and right of it. Also, it sure looks like the Tyros is an Arranger in need of speakers with all that extra empty space they managed to give it. Okay, okay, I'll stop. Yes Yammie I really do like your Arrangers but there is always room for improvement, right? And speakers too. Just joking. You can tell what I am hoping for on your next high end Arranger can't you.

Steve, if you read this try and put in a good word if you can to your product developers as to what is really important in the eyes of most Arranger Keyboardists imo, that is: TRUE full size keys, onboard Speakers, BETTER Key feel and response and of course there is a host of others things that time does not permit me to delve into right now but those three things I listed are at the top of the heap I can assure you.

Best regards,
Mike