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#44764 - 03/20/02 08:28 PM
KN7000 Picture: Feedback/Comments
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Registered: 12/01/99
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After viewing the recently revealed picture of the KN7000, http://www.wtenaykeyboardstudios.com/SK-KN7000.html I wanted to offer my thoughts & opinions. I must admit that the new flip top lid (ala laptop computer style) is an innovative new idea for an arranger keyboard. I assume (hope) that the tilt back/forward combination LCD display & button control panel is able to tilt back to an almost flat position to provide the customary button access angle we're all used to. It appears that because of this design, that the panel memory buttons and other arranger function buttons will be situtated (disappointingly) further away from the key bed than I'd prefer. My BIGGEST concern is the fact that this large tilt panel is one BIG moveable part. cable(s) are needed to connect from the main keyboard to this large moving panel & LCD display. I remember (on my KN5000) that I (and a number of other KN5000 owners as well) experienced loose cable connection problems between the tilt up color LCD screen & keyboard, so I see how this could become an even greater potential problem on the KN7000. Aesthetically speaking, at least from what I can gather from this initial picture, I DO NOT like the looks/styling of the KN7000. It's oversized tilt control panel looks way out of proportion (too large & awkward looking ) in relation to the keyboard itself. The large tilt panel seems like it may block (muffle) the sound coming from the speakers (from the player's POV) as well. As I have been putting a lot of (next keyboard) hopes into the KN7000, I'm not going to jump to any final conclusions about it this early in the game. Afterall, the KN7000 won't even be released till the Fall, so I suppose anything can happen between now and then. Nonetheless, I look forward to hearing other KN7000 opinions (based on the pic & Alec's report) as well. - Scott ![](http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/smile.gif)
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#44770 - 03/21/02 03:45 AM
Re: KN7000 Picture: Feedback/Comments
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Registered: 02/08/02
Posts: 19
Loc: Wormerveer, Netherlands
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The first time I saw the picture, I thought: "Yuk, what an ugly keyboard that is." But then when I looked at it a second time, the new design might have some charm. I quess the picture doesn't represent the keyboard very well, because in the report of Alec he stated that the metallic colour of the keyboard has been maintained, but on the picture it almost has an antracite/black colouring. I think it's a very dark picture. The only thing that worries me as well, is that the display and the buttons are on the same panel. I don't think that to be very beautifull. Even with the KN6000, which I think is a very beautifull keyboard (according to the looks), the display and the arranger buttons are divided with a thin line. I hope that such 3D-effects are in the panel of the KN7000 as well. Because one major, big, but very flat panel is not the thing that sounds very appealing to me. The new sound can be very beautifull, but if it comes from a keyboard with bad looks... But then I didn't see, nor hear it in Frankfurt, the picture doesn't represent the "star-trek" effect (see review of Alec) of the board, and its a very dark picture. I quess we just have to wait to see the real looks. I hope it's way better than what's represented on this picture.
The other thing I'm wondering is: what are these two round (are they round???) things on the right of the panel. One could be the sound-controller, but what is the other thing? And then, placing the real-time sound-controller on such a difficult-to-access place (far away), would not be very clever in my opinion (similar to the panel memory).
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