Posted by Nick:
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For a long time keyboards have had really tacky old fashioned styles when it comes to "rap" or "hip hop" or "techno" but now its good enough and at the level it should be.
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This I have to disagree with. To get a better understanding I suggest you put a PSR-3000 along side a Triton Studio/Extreme, Yamaha Motif, or Roland Fantom.

Listen to the patterns on these workstations, and also pay close attention to the "kits" used for them. With no disrespect to the PSR-3000, but it couldn't even come close to a Motif, Fantom, or Triton. That's not to say the 3000's poor, but these synths are designed to handled these styles, and do it well. They have the horse power to do it, as well as the sound sets, ability to expand upon the sound sets, and sequencers also designed to handle the production of these styles more efficiently--meaning "groove box style".

Squeak

[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 07-21-2006).]