The biggest drawback, other than the drums is the flip up screen. The access is fine, the look is fine, but the placement really makes it difficult to use my laptop stand where I'm used to. I now have to raise it up another few inches, and I'm not thrilled with the look of it up that high. This is a minor point if the SD card can hold enough audio to play my breaks and spec ialty numbers though ........ we'll see????????

As to the bets:
You know I don't get too chummy with anything inanimate, so I'm always in the market, but to date - there is not anything else that I can concider, so it'll have to be something brand new .... and it'l highly unlikely that 6 or 8 weeks will see that mystery Korg model.

I won't ever go back to small keys again.
I won't carry a mute, and I need access to the internal speakers. This limits my choices for the time being, so I think I'm going to be forced to at least TRY to keep this puppy till something new hits the streets. (actually ON the streets .... not on paper)

I'll tweak the drums, load the SD card and report more after I've done that !
So far - on a Kn vs. Psr sound challange, the Yamaha had a definate edge, but I refuse to hamper my abilities with those substandard keys any more. It's just not worth it. The difference in sound is not night and day ..... it's dawn and day.

More like comparing Macintosh to Granny Smith. They're both apples ... just different in their own way.

I DO notice a trend in the Technics loyalty department - Tim said this was his LAST one, and you know me ....... it's doubtful that I'll be riding the band wagon as a kn poster boy. For now - it's a pro unit with a great sound system and a lot of features. I'll see where it takes me.

Hee hee ...... and How 'BOUT them Cowgirls,huh?

In auto mode, if you don't have a style running, you are hearing the 'bass and chord tones'. If you go to the "Program Menu" button, then pick sound, then scroll through all the parts. The last two parts on the list are the bass and chord tones. You can either mute both of them, or you can pick more suitable sounds.

Marilyn

Six weeks tops! That is unless the PSR-3000 shows up before then.

Gary

Dave...heres some usefull KN7000 h
Help..Demos..etc.
http://www.kn7000.net/

The imbedded [sunken] keyboard effected my playing when I played the KN7000 especially on the left hand chording...
eg: play an inverted Am,.. C-E-A..my pinky would hit the imbedded side wall making it very annoying to play certain positions. Argg!

But I did love the multipads!

I really 'tried' hard to fall in love with the KN7000 as it had so many pluses (wonderful acoustic/orchestral sounds (including piano), best on board speaker system, and superior jazz (including rootless) chord recognition in full keyboard mode), but its lack of a half way decent sounding vocalizer, and real wimpy sounding drum fills & awkward triggering of them kept me from coming back to Technics. I predict UD will be trading the KN7000 for a 61 note Korg PAX1, and then eventually go back to Yammie once again (while continuing to bitch about the keys). "Round and round there he goes, where he stops nobody knows".- Scott

Very interesting point donny. What was Technics thinking?? The Tyros of course has no such "problem". No side walls to get in the way. At least through 1/3 (outside section) of the Keys anyway. Let us know Uncle Dave if the side wall thing gets your goat at all. Also playing in a Live setting has been known to be rather tricky on the KN7000 but since your Style of playing is a rather laid back approach, ie., not much Voice switching or other parameter switching when playing a song - left hand Bass, No Style backing a lot of the time, etc., it shouldn't cause much of a problem most likely.

Best regards,
Mike



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Maybe they'll change the body design on the new KN8000?

UD,

You mentioned that you hardly used the arranger and your laptop is playing all the sequences .

How do you compare midi sequence playback on any of the keyboards you have played vs. the sound card on the computer?

Doesn't the sound card dictate the playback or does hooking the lap top up to the KN7000 make a difference ?

You could make audio recordings of your sequences and put the on the SD card , is that something to think about ? Dan O'

UD... glad you're happy with your new KB, good for you! I also loved much of what the 7000 offers, but probably the #1 thing that drew me to AKs ~ a year ago, is some of the dynamite drums, fills, etc, especially on the SD1. Let us know how your drum tweaking goes.