Below is a YouTube Link to the video I made today of my first gig using my
Roland BK-9. I still have some Master EQ tuning to do - the Bose L1 Compact is very bass heavy with this keyboard.

The venue is a laid back senior place I have played monthly for the past 4 years. I kept thing s simple so the BK-9 rhythms could be heard. The Ipad is used only to display my lead sheets.

Here is the link

http://youtu.be/dGO_oqGUs4g

Deane

Sounded good I enjoyed you music.

Very tasty stuff, I'd hold on to the BK9.

Nice sound.

Frank

Hi Deane

At the risk of being accused of being a Korg man, which incidentally is not correct, I am not impressed. A bit hard to make comparisons though I would advise anyone listening here to listen to your gig with the PA900 about six weeks ago, even bearing in mind you had only had the darn thing for two weeks.
If I may, it is to be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZc6snr38yg&feature=youtu.be

I don't know if the way of recording was any different but on aggregate the Korg sounds better to me in particular in the style department. Some of the Roland RH voices like the saxophone are priceless however, they were already superb in the G70 way back when. Although Roland is good in the swing/bigband department I stil am not impressed by their overall styling.
I played the Yamaha piano DXG 650 yesterday and despite it not being a gig keyboard and bearing in mind its incredibly low price I was much more impressed by the readymade registrations on this keyboard.I am every so much in doubt whether or not to trade my PSR750 for this piano, with 160 styles on board.
I am still hoping one day to see you do a video with the KMA and PSR950 linked, it is on my Xmas list so to speak

regards
John

Enjoyed listening Deane - good performance on a new keyboard as it usually takes time before you get settled on a board.
The BK-9 is a very good board for that price range and punches above it's weight.
Tony

Nice job Dean, kool video, ...but if Im being honest I like you on the T4 much better for sure...carry on.

I think it is good when members post live performances of new keyboards. It at least provides a true, unpolished look at the instrument. By the way, I did not mention the recording was done with a Canon Powershot SX10 IS camera positioned behind my Bose L1 Compact - no direct connection to the keyboard.

I made an interesting discovery last night. I connected my Bose L1 Compact to the BK-9 using the headphone jack and the sound is entirely different from the sound I get when connected to the two outputs on the back of the keyboard. The R/LR outputs produce a very heavy bass sound but the headphone jack has hardly no bass at all - very strange.

Deane

Deane, I like the way you rigged the platform on top of the Rock And Roller cart for the keyboard, but I'm really not enamored with the overall sound of the BK9. Maybe it's the recorder, but to me it sounds a bit muffled and lacks the crispness on those right hand voices that I'm used to hearing.

Good Luck and thanks for posting the video,

Gary

Very well played and good performance too. I liked the drum sounds especially the brushes.

Nice video and playing, however if I had not seen the pictures and only heard the sound then I would have sworn it was a Yamaha as it has that smooth (But closed in) Yamaha sound, (CD Sound) which robs it of a real live sounding performance.

Bill