Forget about the other people
that reviewed this keyboard,
basically they must be button pushers.
.here is the real scoop..
Hold on , here we gooooooooo..

First up...
This keyboard is built to last..
High quality construction..

Excellent keyboard feel
[water fall keys,
even a slight yellowing color
like Hammond's B3],
velocity and aftertouch[adjustable]..

The sounds are terrific..
Great organ[same as VK8],
all the adjustable parameters on board..

Acoustic pianos are very good..
Electric pianos are
absolutely the best,
period..

If you play the one touch preset
Acoustic piano,
you may not be overwhelmed
[although I like the preset],
but with all the adjustable
parameters including,
mic placement, stretch tuning,
and MFX,,you can make your perfect piano..
likewise the Electric piano..

The Electric pianos are amazing
[they will bring tears
to your eyes remembering the
"good old Rhodes days"]..

The piano waves
include 3 Acoustic pianos,
3 Electric pianos,
Wurly,clav and Harpsichord..

The organ dept.
simply the best hardware organs
[better than the Hammond x2
and the Korg CX3]..

The synth generator
has 6 categories, strings, choir/scat,brass,synth lead,
synth pads,and bass..
each has 3 variations[18 total]..
Don't be mislead thinking
these are patches
that were on the VK7..
These are high quality
[96 mgbytes lineral].
.my favorite "scat" is there too..
Super clean, crisp sounds..

You can completely modify
the waves to come up with
great patches..

The Multi effects are excellent,
all the parameters can be
changed from the front panel,
knobs and buttons,
great real time playing...

Everything can be saved to a registration..
You have 64 registrations on board
[nice factory registrations],
You can save groups
of registrations to
Compact Flash memory
[card not included]..

It is very quick and
you can easily load 64
at a time for fresh registrations.

You can name/rename
each registration and
assign all the parameters
including the rhythm,
tempo and rhythm effects
[24 patterns, 4 drum kits]..
there is a dedicated
start/stop button...

You can also assign the
start/stop to the control pedal..

The rhythms cover most generes
[no cha cha , rhumba etc]..
some of the areas covered are,
jazz funk,jazz,R B,blues,
swing,4,8 and 16 bt pop,
fusion,rock,5/4,7/8,
Latin jazz,pop ballad,
and acid jazz..

I hooked up my Roland CA30
antigue[no sound source arranger].
and played the drum patterns
[including the easy eight card]..
it gave me all the patterns ,
intros,endings and
fills I would need...

You can split and layer sounds,
and have seperate control
to bring in or change the
sounds with EV pedal..

Your synth generator
includes portomento,
mono and mono legato,
40 multi effects..

Each group has its own
volume control besides
the master volume control..

Each sound generator has
its own editing knobs
and buttons..

A 3 band EQ with
sweepable mids [master],
besides a Stereo EQ in the MFX..

Outputs are Professional...
Super quiet XLR, L and R...
Quarter inch left and right...
both can be used at the same time..
Use the XLR to
feed the house and
the quarters to feed your monitor etc..
.V- link for video connections
is available..


A user manual you can actually read!!!

The average person that goes
into a store, and then just
pushes the one touch buttons [prests],
will never know how sophisticated
and unlimited the V-combo is..
and keyboard sale people
haven't a clue,
to enlighten buyers..

As you can tell I am excited
about the VR760..
with my laptop, I miss nothing.
[sequences and MP3's play
from my laptop and I play the VR]..

For quick request,
the rhythm group works fine
in a left hand bass and piano/organ environment..
And straight up organ ---
Piano/EP,
absolutely at the top..

Recapping my quest
for a new toy that I like..
the PSR2100, you all know,
key feel and quality??

EXR-5, too entry level for me,
a great choice for
first time arranger buyers..
the key feel is only slightly
better than the PSR2100..
when I played the G1000 next
to the EXR,it had to go..

Last week I also bought a
Korg Triton Studio 76..
Korg's best effort...
The name tells the real story..
"Studio",
as a solo performing keyboard,
it did not work for me..

If you are into
Hip Hop[Squeak]/dance music,
using loops and arpeggiators,
it could be for you..
I found 80% of the sounds
designed for hip hop,
trance loop etc..

I finally found the real
"Pro"keyboard in the VR760..

The best organ, pianos
and great variety of synth sounds
including my "scat",
throw in a ryhthm and
I am ready yo go...

If you need more synth sounds ,
you can add two
SRX expansion boards
and have the same editing features
as the internal sounds..

Definately check it out,
but get into the
thick of it to really appreciate the "performers" keyboard...

BTW...
There is a new feature
called "active expression",
used with a EV pedal,
it adds new ways that
the pedal will effect the patch
[wait to you hear the
Scat patch with this
active expression set to timbre]..

Uncle Dave
doesn't have a shot at this board
[it;s mine],
he'll have to buy his own...



[This message has been edited by Fran Carango (edited 02-22-2004).]

Great review Fran.....
So when are you selling it? [kidding ]........

Good Luck & Enjoy it...I'l check it out next time we have breakfast

Oh, Oh!!! It could happen.

Nice to see you joined the club

You forgot to mention the beam for the leslie

Thanks for the indepth review Fran, but as Donny said "When are you selling it?

Cheers,

Gary

Freddy, my fingers[finger] got tired
typing..There is a lot more I
could have mentioned..

Gary, you don't know me very well..
If it is a winner,
and nothing new beats it,,
I ride it out to the end..
Even then,
sometimes I won't get rid of it...
Sorry, the Yammys don't do it for me..

[This message has been edited by Fran Carango (edited 02-22-2004).]

It's a great board, but as soon as the "scat" novelty wears a little thin, Fran might ................................................................................................................................................. naw.

Frank,

Are there any Brass and Saxaphone patches and if so what is the quality?

Al

Al, there are 3 brass sections
on board..They are very good..
If you want the saxes etc,
you can add 2 SRX boards..
this will give you all the
sounds you need...
I have a JV1010 with the
Vocal board that
I can midi to the VR,,It works for me..
but the way to go is a SRX board
[than you have editing capabilities
from the front panel..]..

[This message has been edited by Fran Carango (edited 02-22-2004).]

A small addition worthwhile mentionning is a very handy knob;
This knob range goes from very clean hammond to very dirty hammond. (Jimmy Smith to Jon Lord in one button)