I haven't seen any Korg home keyboards and I'm not really sure whether they exist. If they do or did, it wouldn't change a thing for me. I am not an "image" kinda guy, so I don't care what Korg or Roland puts out in the home market, so long as the boards I want to play from them meet my standards. As far as gigging, yeah I've heard comments from people who said .."hmmm, Yamaha.. I thought they made motorcycles", or "I saw a Yamaha at Kmart, did you get yours there"? ( yeah a CP25 at kmart imagine that..lol, ) It really doesn't matter to me, but I guess if it did I could always cover up the logo on the back, like some other players do. ( There was a thread here on that topic about a year ago that had a huge life of it's own ). The keyboard is a tool for me to express what I want to create musically, so I don't care who makes it, or what else they make besides as long as the board I have at hand fits my needs. The PA80 and Triton series in general ) just happen to be keys that fit me very well, both for sounds and the way they respond to my touch. Not really a Korg expert though, but for the most part, for synths, I do prefer Korg.( The name "Korg AJ " really came about because Ketron AJ is also a member of the forum and it was confusing for some here when I signed off as "AJ" ). I don't care if Roland makes home keys or not, I like Roland sounds a lot, and have played with a few that would be the equal of the Triton series for me, so that's where I'm going next, unless I can get DanO or AJ to bring a Ketron up to NY for me to try ouy ( LOL ). As far as the MZ, yes it had some sounds I like better than the PSR, but it also had some that were not so good. The drums and pianos in particular were not to my liking ( neither are the PSR's though ), and I really had to tweak some sounds to get them to sound better. The Velo Alto Sax however, was awesome, better than any other sample I have ( I have quite a few of 'em ). So was the distorted guitar. I wish I had sampled a few of the better sounds though before I got rid of the board. It's fatal flaw for me though was that it saved recorded accomp "midi" data in a "Casio" format rather than a standard midi file. Utterly useless for importing in to a real sequencer. Anyway sorry all for straying from Tom's topic here...
I don't think ALL of the Yamaha sounds are of mediocre quality. In fact there are some that I find to be very good. It just so happens that many of my staple sounds are also my least favorite in the 2000 ( electric guitars, drums, brass )

Korg AJ



[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 02-09-2002).]