From tonysounds@yahoo.com Sun Apr 22 08:30:11 2007
Subject:Re: Electro pianos

The Roland MKS 20 was my holy grail when it came out and I used that thing for 15+ years. It's STILL a kick ass module (in context of live music).

Before that, I used a Cp30 (*retch), or eschewed piano altogether and used Rhodes sounds.

Simon Beck wrote:
"Many years ago" what did you use on stage for an acoustic piano sound? Did you rely on house pianos or did you actually cart your own piano around (along with your B-3 and Leslies)? The former was fraught with unknowns (did the piano actually work, was it in tune, how many strings/keys were broken, could it be miked up?) and the latter tended to be the preserve of superstars with roadies. That's why most of us put up with a range of inferior substitutes ranging from CIEPs to electric grands (and often including classics such as Rhodes, Wurlies and Pianets for the wrong reason) to get a piano sound on stage. Back in 1980 I would have been thrilled to have a mono sampled acoustic piano sound on stage. Don't forget that between 1990 and about 1996 I did exactly that - I used a Yamaha EMT-10 module; 8-note poly, not stereo, and not by any means the world's greatest piano sample, even at the time, but it got me through a hell of a lot of paid gigs playing rock, soul
and blues.

Simon