From mkarl2@uswest.net Sat Sep 11 09:31:42 2004
Subject:MKS-20 and sampled grands, OT big time

--- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, tonysounds wrote:
> A high 5 to you on the MKS20. Not the most realistic, but it had
sonic girth.

I had one, the first MIDI module I bought to work with my KX88, which
is still working fine in my studio.

I thought the top and bottom ranges of the MKS20 were acceptable, but
the middle four octaves were thin and unconvincing. I was reduced to
dinking around with the unit's built-in chorus in a fruitless attempt
to get it to sound more authentic.

As soon as I heard the Kurzweil 1000PX grand piano, I sold the MKS20
and never looked back once.

The Kurzweil 1000PX piano was the champ until I heard, and tweaked,
the Grand 1 setting in the recent Yamaha P90.. a sustain layer that
really works.

Karl