From k2mojo@groovedaddies.com Wed Nov 19 12:24:21 2003
Subject:Re: K2500 - 76-note semi-weighted piano-style keyboard

Amen. It's precisely for this reason that I'm making the preparations to
dive into a laptop live rig. There seems to be software/softsynths
available for just about every instrument that is as good or better than any
of the dedicated sounds on the current crop of pro keyboards. And as even
better sounds come along, all you've got to do is load it in the CD-ROM
drive. With a good all-in-one controller, a MIDI/USB mixer-interface and a
laptop you can now have pretty much the full palette of sounds one would
need. I figure if Herbie Hancock can tour with just a Powerbook and be
happy with the sounds he's getting, it should work fine for the bars I play
in.
I love Kurzweils and have owned several of them for years, but I was very
disappointed that KB3 mode is so lame that I wasn't able to use just a PC2
or K2600 and leave everything else at home. As a result I use a Korg CX-3
for Hammond and a Kurz PC2R for everything else. The Roland V-Combo seems
to be a step in the right direction, but it's still not completely there.

Ed Fliege
k2mojo@groovedaddies.com
www.groovedaddies.com


(Tony wrote)
> I know what you're talking about with the all-in-board, and
> it just doesn't exist. You'll like the way the Kurzweil
> feels, and you'll even like the way it sounds (the pianos and
> EPs aren't as good as say the Motif or the MotifES, but they
> are not bad). But regardless of the way you like your
> action, you won't be happy with the organ sounds. I didn't
> like the sound of the organs on the PC2x, and it had the KB3
> mode. And it is heavy, only 6lbs lighter than my Motif8, and
> there's no way I'd choose the Kurzweil over the Motif. The
> action isn't as nice, and the sounds aren't as nice. But as
> much as I like myMotif, the organs on it don't make me happy.