Does anyone have any KN7000 plugin modules they would sell? I think there were 4 modules, and I'd really like the one with additional piano sounds

Hi Marty, the best place to look is Ebay the sound cards come up quite often, you have just missed one of the rare ones No4, as the KN 6000/6500 also used the boards numbers 1 and 2 were easy to get as their sale time was longer than for boards 3 and 4 so the last 2 are much more difficult to find. remember to set your Ebay search to world wide as this will offer a better chance of finding what you are looking for.
Some people have said they are not worth having,I must say I disagree and have all four and they still offer the very high sound quality that NX sound gives.
Best wishes and good hunting regards John.

Interesting that you speak highly of the four sound cards. I found them very disappointing and was anxious to sell them and did to a fellow in Australia. I was told how wonderful the strings were in one of the boards because I was interested in better string sounds than what was in the KN7000. I found no strings better than what was in the keyboard. I was looking very much forward to the number 4 board because it was supposed to have good sax and trumpet sounds. Totally disappointed. It is a case of different strokes for different folks with these boards. You can pretty much change the sounds in edit sound to what is on these boards. Technics just did this for everyone and put out these boards.

While on the subject, I have always smiled at many on the forum that have found the "Concert Grand" sound so wonderful and much better than the "Piano" sound. All one has to do is change the brilliance of the "Piano" and you have the Concert Grand sound. Nice flimflamming coming from Technics.

Mark

Hi Mark, the sounds on the expansion boards are not rearranged onboard sounds but are new and different samples,I checked this out with Panasonic before buying the 4 expansion boards,as a Technics Dealer and TMA music school principal I checked with the technical dept. not the Sales office,not saying my local area rep would mislead me.The one thing about the PCM/NX sound systems in that you can edit them you can create sounds from one sample to sound much like another preset, don't forget this was also very true with the 4 and 6 operator FM system used by Yamaha in the DX synth range and HX/HS/HE Electone organ ranges back in the 1980's. there they even issued expansion voice ram packs (FM-01vp) if I remember correctly with 128 extra voices which again were created from new basic voice data,but which with a LOT!! of time and practice could be made by the owner if so desired ( not worth the hassell!! I was a Yamaha multi keyboard specialist for 5 Years and used both HS and DX products as a pro recording artist) As you said it is a mater of choice,but having worked for the top 2 makers and a dealer for both I know that I can say with over 30 years in the trade both makers had fantastic products and I found the Technics system much more friendly.

Best regards John.
Gear used Hammond T202/H112/B200 plus Leslie speakers,Yamaha HS8+ DX etc,Technics GN9/KN1000,2000,7000.

Hi John,

I'm sure you are correct in what you say about the sounds being technically different than what is in the keyboard but to me, they sound so close to what I could create by taking a lot of time in SOUND EDIT and fooling with both EASY EDIT and TONE to create a sound near what is in the boards. Not worth my time doing this. What I did find of interest but not worth holding onto the boards were several sound effects in one or two of the boards in their DRUM KITS. They are in addition to the ones in the KN7000. They would be excellent if one is advanced in doing a soundtrack for a movie.

You are so right about the KN7000 being user friendly. It is a beautifully designed keyboard that left few things out for control. At another post I will state what a crazy thing happens when one creates a custom style in COMPOSER, using custom sounds saved in MEMORY and then saved as a CUSTOM STYLE and later brings it up at another time when working in SEQUENCER. This will be of more interest for the advanced player.

Mark