Hi AJ,
maybe if I hadn't already owned the PA800, I might have considered the PA2X instead, though I do like having the onboard speakers.
The 76 notes isn't that important to me, as I can midi it up to my Clavinova or SD1 if needs be.

Happy to hear the T2 worked out so well for you. If I remember correctly it took you a while to try & decide on the best keyboard to suit your needs. You were lucky, your first choice happened to be the right one for you after all.

best wishes
Rikki

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bluezplayer:
[B] Hi Rikki,

I work soley on the keyboard. My inspiration happens when i least expect it and often when i am jamming with real musicians/singers or shortly after a session. I know that i am different to many if not most of the users here . None of the pro musicians i jam with use lap tops in a live setting with their hardware. Perhaps we are behind the times...

Having an all in one keyboard is what i want because my musicallity and creativity are linked to the instrument i play. The ideas i get need to be transfered directly to the instrument i play. For me the interface that transfers my music ideas is the keyboard itself. So it is natural for me to want all my music making tools to come from my keyboard. Its immediate and there is no filter/delay between what i imagine and what i create.

This concept is well established in workstations like the yamaha XS roland fantom X Korg M3. All of which are taking on to some degree arranger functions i might add !

Thats why yamahas T2 did not get my money last time. And more than likely it wont get my money this time. They teased me (yes me personaly :-)) with a sampler that was not quite a sampler, a sequencer that was not quite a sequencer,minimal onboard sound editing and it was the only reason i went with the Korg PA1X because it ticked all the boxes. Trust me once you have dug into a keyboard like that you would understand what i mean about that flow of creativity not being interupted and the convenience of having all the tools to your hands immediately no matter where you are.

the "perfect" arranger does not exist because no manufacturer wants that. they make their living from selling different products to different buyers. all-in-one arranger would be easy to make, just make it modular, both hardware and software wise. but none of the big players will play this game.
they could produce a basic, simple, but high quality hardware (keys, screens, buttons, mainboards, etc) and make several different "expasion cards" for everybody's needs, or extra OS options.
but this is NOT their interest. a new company may be doing it, to gain market share, or dramatic changes would determine the old competitors to take this way...
modules are the future. it's been the same with computers, and the same is going on right under our eyes lately with some of the arranger manufacturers, but of course, not the big 3.
i am confident in about 5-10 years, things are goind to be waaay different. some more flexible and clever approaches will happen, too bad that can not change the reality quite over the night!

i am looking forward to the moment when one of roland, korg, yamaha will introduce the open-system arrangers!

[This message has been edited by adimatis (edited 03-24-2008).]

Anyone hear anything?

Dnj the curious

One day KURZWEIL will make an arranger, and then ......

We will all tear it apart for not being perfect, just as we do for all the others

LOL!

Maybe, but it's really hard to say anything bad anout KURZ.IMHO

You think..?

Try lifting my K2500... Makes my G70 feel like an S900!

I just got a Kurz PC3 (76 keys) it is pretty easy to lift compared to my ols K2600X (88)

AND it blows the socks off the K2600X in sounds.!
Lee

Hi all,

Have a look at http://music-tyros.com

The first official info from Yamaha?

Anyway, sounds like a new piano!