From gregg@69cents.com Fri Jan 13 14:15:19 2006
Subject:Re: All around keyboard with great organ

At 10:35 AM 1/13/2006, you wrote:
>At 09:47 AM 1/13/2006, you wrote:
> >I need a keyboard that has great organ, non or semi-weighted keys, and
> >decent piano and synth sounds. I currently play a Nord Electro and a
> >Triton. I would like to reduce my rig to a single keyboard. My main
> >sound it organ. I tried the Triton Extreme and was surprised at how
> >much better the organ sounds had gotten. The piano is improved too. I
> >was thinking of getting this but wanted other opinions as to something
> >maybe better. I have heard that the Triton synth sounds are becoming
> >dated. Any opinions?
>
>I've been impressed with the organs on the "Ultimate Keys" add-on ROM
>card for my Roland Fantom X8.
>
>The X6/X7/X8 is a quite capable all-around board with average
>hammonds, but the Ultimate Keys ROM addon really has some tasty
>hammonds on it, including some nice gritty Jon Lord versions.

I almost forgot about the Kurzweil K2500 or K2600, with KB3 mode. I
was pretty impressed with the KB3 mode updates they did to these
boards, and they also have excellent synths and respectable pianos.
(The k2500 needs to run the newest OS to get KB3 mode)

The 8 data sliders are used as drawbars when in KB3 mode. The leslie
isn't the best, but an external leslie pedal can fix that. (I use a Korg G4).

I prefer the live play/gigging environment of my Kurzweil over my Fantom X8.

-Gregg