All of my current KB are 61 keys. I almost never play the top octave. But now that I've been using the "Bass Inversion" setting a lot, I can appreciate the 76-key variants. With another half-octave at the bottom, I could set my split and not have to worry about changing it with every song.

A while back Deane (Hammer) shared that he sometimes plays gigs with a 49-key controller and a module. Using the Bass Inversion setting, you need up to 23 keys (basically the lower two octaves) for chords. This leaves only two octaves for the melody. If the song begins on F or G, it seems like you would run out of room! I would love to use a 49 compact controller on certain occasions, but it seems like it just isn't enough for all possible chords & melody. What am I missing here?