This, I guess, is what confuses me so much about arranger players. If they came from a piano background, wouldn't at least a 76 allow a far more pianistic approach to playing? If they came from an organ background, they came from having TWO 61's and at least 7 at the feet... 122-130 notes! Going from all that to one measly 61 seems so limiting to me, at least.
Getting old definitely ain't for wussies (just had a trip to the emergency room last weekend myself for a blood pressure issue!), but all in all, if Roland offered a BK-9 with the case, action and touch screen of the G70, at the G70's weight, I'd have bought that in a flash over the BK-9! Experience, dollies and leverage make up for what strength I may be losing! I don't mind the low weight of the BK-9, but it cost me more than I wanted to give up...
That's cool, Diki, I am glad you are doing okay health wise; keep an eye on that blood pressure-the guy who owned the CVP-609 I played, Keith Mann, was found dead in bed last week due to a stroke...I was to do another follow-up clinic with him this week and had been talking with him a day or so before on the phone...he sounded fine, and when I was previously at his place he looked very healthy and was in good spirits.
He was very close friend, and an awesome musician...easily at the level of a Marty H or a Peter B...played on TV in his younger years..he was just 66 when he passed. I had just finished loading up a flashdrive with my custom styles for him when I got the call from his brother. Quite a shocker.
I suppose I could get used to a touchscreen, but not anything currently available has pleased me much. As far as 61 notes, we've been down that road many (too many, actually) times before
...suffice to say I'm very happy with the Tyros4 laid out as it is...I approach it, not as a pianist or organist, but as a synth player, and it works for me. Only one change I would make regarding ergonomics I may have mentioned this before)...they should have put the Effect Variation (e.g. Leslie fast/slow) buttons nearer the left side of the keyboard; where they are at the upper far right was a boo boo...otherwise it is a very comfortable instrument to play. I am so grateful I was able to afford it, and that I was able to get a good deal from Yamaha before I retired.
I had a very limited time on a PA3X some time ago, and it sounded very good indeed, and was very well put together. A friend of a client owned it and it hadn't been purchased locally...the screen was okay...again, it made me appreciate the T4's layout...but, of course, it's what I am accustomed to. I thought the "motorized" bit was a tad overkill, but hey, cool little gimmicks help sales, do they not?
I do remember the G-70 I had been babysitting for a friend for several weeks quite some time ago, and if my memory serves me right, the screen was pretty good.
Maybe Roland will take the bull by the horns, and make a BK-9 derivative with a decent touch screen
and aftertouch. I think they'd do well with it.
Ian
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