For reasons well known by some, I'm NOT a customer for the SD-7 or any other Ketron product, and am thinking about retiring the ones I have.

What other brand and/or model would you recommend? Not real crazy about Yamaha.


Russ

Roland BK 9. 76 keys, not too heavy, nice pianos, organs, and good styles too.

my favs from top to bottom, top being my fav

Ketron Audya
Roland G-70
Korg PA3X
Yamaha Tyros 5

An autopilot for the boat - one third the price and does a lot more!

Gary

Russ doesn't leave to many choices reading your post..
KORG Pa3x, Pa900, or Roland BK9..your choice..good luck.

BK9 would suit you perfectly.

I second the BK-9...only issue I have with it, is that the much vaunted Chord Sequencer works well enough, but has a serious flaw (at least for some people's needs, including mine) in that it will not transpose a recorded chord sequence if you decide to change key during a tune.

Otherwise, the organ section is by far the most realistic Hammond emulation you'll find among arrangers (including Ketron), with reasonably well simulated (and situated) drawbars/sliders and a more than acceptable Leslie sim ...add those high quality Roland sounds and styles, a 76 note decent feeling keyboard (quite passable for piano) and you've got a nice lightweight and quite powerful instrument.

Ian

Sort of having an idea of your style, Russ, at present I'd think the Roland or a Korg Pa3x-76. That said, Korg's Pa4x can't be too far off now, so if you're in no great hurry, I'd wait and see what transpires with that.

Russ,

If you want a sound that is close to KETRON's, I would think KORG would be next (Pa3X). With it's editing tools and strength, you can create a lot and still benefit from the Arranger section when needed. Roland would be next in line ...again if you're trying to get close to the KETRON sound without having a KETRON. Also, if you have some 'down' time, you could tweak the Korg to your perfection too.

Just my thoughts ...

With the current arranger manufactures available, for real play use. (Work needs to be put in)

Korg
Wersi
Ketron
Roland
Yamaha

For easy play and instant gratification (Sound great without the wait/effort)

Yamaha
Ketron/Wersi
Korg
Roland