Montana......

ok thanx now we're gettin somewhere...

if you need 76 keys...

1- Ketron SD-1 http://www.ketronus.com/sd1.html
2- Ketron Midjay module w/76 key controller
http://www.ketronus.com/downloads.html#sd1sounds

3- If you can live with 61 keys check out the Yamaha Psr3000 or Tyros 2.
www.yamaha.com

I would audition them first, but these will all suit the bill & all have enough features to do so many usefull things.


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Thanks for all the info I've heard about the ketron xds module. I don't know how it compares to the midijay. I've been saving up a keyboard fund maybe for a baby grand but think I might check out the Clavinolas. There is a place that sells them in Billings. Is the Tryos a small version of the top Clav?

Don't forget, you can set up the arranger of your choice to do Drums only, set up a LH Bass/RH comp split and do pretty much what you are doing, with the advantage that you have several patterns and fills at you fingers (or, even better, your feet!). This is how I do a lot of my gigging.

Perhaps the 88 wood keys of the QS8 is what you miss?

I would recommend you take a listen to Roland's G70, or E-series, others would say the Yamaha's, but all of the middle-to-top-of-the-line arrangers will let you do a LH Bass split, so you can continue with how you do things now while you get used to the LH chord system, or try Pianomode (just play pianistically, and it will figure out what to do!)

If you are going to work with SMFs, take a hard look at the Roland Makeup Tools SMF editing system - by FAR the easiest way to tweak SMFs (and styles) to your taste......

Diki as far as SMF,I will totally agree with you on that....the makeup tools are indeed a wonderful & powerful editing features thats hard to beat & found nowhere else.