Well, I came home from my morning gig and just pushed myself to do enough to get ready to take the new keyboard out in the afternoon. I'm glad I did, since I learned a lot! But I also got good feedback from the activity staff on the sound, phew!

Personally, I am struggling with the keyboard feel. I have got used to being able to apply virtually the same pressure at the inside of the key as to the outside, and that won't work with the Pa900. It is much more like a weighted piano key. I remember that about my earlier Korg Pa's, but that's going to be a re-learning process for me!

The Talk button worked well for me, but I was struggling to remember to press it after playing and before playing again. On further examination, I find that there is a menu option that will apply this automatically for you when you stop playing and turn the Talk feature off when you start up again. How cool is that!

O boy, do I love that songbook. It is time-consuming to set up all the different settings for each song, but once that's done the song is easy to find, and even better you can easily create a playlist for the gig you're playing.

I can't wait to get out tomorrow morning!