From yokoenoban@yahoo.com Mon Nov 14 14:59:35 2005
Subject:Re: Advice needed regarding "Stagepiano" issues.

I would like the best 88-key Progressive Hammer-Action Keyboard out
there.

I'm using the GEM Promega 3. When you're looking for piano's
(acoustic and electric), this is a wonderfull instrument.

It has string resonance. The piano decay depends on the key-off
velocity. This means that the piano sounds have more feeling then on
other keyboards. When you use the GEM pedalboard, the sustain pedal
has 16 steps. This also means that you can vary in the way you stop
the strings form resonating when turning the sustain pedal off. You
can use this as an deliberate effect, but most of the times it adds
to the liveliness of the piano sounds. This instument has two very
goods grands: a close miked 'normal' one and a more distant miked
classic grand (they claim it to be a Fazioli). Both can be made more
bright of mellow in a musical way.

The sounds of the Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer and Clavinet are
modelled. This means that there's no velocity switching! This
contibutes to the sounds, but it also contributes to the fun of
playing. And that has an impact on the sound too!

This keyboard is designed as a stage instrument with moving faders,
big knops and so on.

The pads, strings, organs, bass and synth sounds are not bad, but
nothing special. The mix well with the piano sounds, but (apart from
some wonderfull string sounds) are better not used solo.

So again, this is a wonderfull instrument if you're looking for a
stage piano plus some exra sounds. If you like to use more other
sounds of high quality, I would recommend an other instrument.

Jos van Vliet