Lot's of good points here. My own experiences have led me to prefer something in between, or better yet a couple of boards with different feel. My earliest setup was a Hohner Clavinet ( tight weighted action ) and an old Silvertone organ ( looser than anything ever made by Yamaha ) . My first real live setup ( circa 1983 or so ) was the Yamaha CP 25 Electric piano and the Korg Poly six synth. You couldn't get a bigger contrast in key feel between those two. I loved the board, but the CP25 keys seemed to fight me to move, while the Polysix action seemed to be about what the PA80's is. I played them stacked ( you could fit a keyboard, several drinks, a full course meal, and a few other things on top of that CP 25 ), and at times I did left hand bass on the CP and right hand rythyms and leads on the Poly6.

Today my main setup is the Motif and the PA80. The Motif has semi weighted action that still feels rather light compared to a real piano or to the CP25. The PA80's keys feel lighter than the Motif but are noticably tighter than the ones on the PSR2000. I totally agree with lighter key feel for emulating lead instruments like sax or guitar. The good news for me is that I prefer those particular sounds on the PA80 vs the Motif, although both have a good enough key feel for me to work those sounds. The Mo is often my choice for acoustic / electric pianos, drums, bass, and synth sounds, and the action works just great for all of that too. The bottom line is that I like the action on both and can easily go back and forth ( very easily compared to my 1983 setup ). On the other hand, the PSR 740 / 2000 were ok when I had them, but the key feel was so spongy that I had to adjust my playing to them to the point that I never really got totally comfortable with it, especially for piano or percussive instruments. Even though the PA80 has a light touch, there is more resistance and the keys seem to spring back a little better, which actually helps me to better emulate the solo's that I want to play.

AJ

[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 01-08-2003).]