Originally posted by Alone&Forsaken:
Well, there is a factor of diminishing returns for sure...but sounds from now will not be considered optimum ten year's from now. Not to say that I dont love keyboards now of the past and so on...its just reality.
At this point I have to except because there are musicians who won't change their sounds. I'm not a keyborder but a guitarist. I'm playing the same accoustic guitar which I bought 15 years ago. I don't wanna give 'her' away because 'she' sounds sweeter and sweeter from year to year - believe it or not...

In studio surrounding I'm using a K2000RS (remember the Kurzweil's flagship ten years ago). It gives me all the classical instruments that I need for orchestral arrangements.
BTW: There are some secrets in composing and arranging that let the old tunes sound as new once...

I'm longing for a new sound?...hey, no matter, there are nearly endless posibilities in this 'little black rack' because of its sampling, synthesizing and filtering options. Gimme just one night with my friend and we'd have create the next 20 million dollar sound. No use for other synths - be it hardware or software.
At the other points I've said what I wanted to say...for it is only my opinion...

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