Starkeeper & AJ, thanks for your comments. I just want to make sure I am not being misinterpreted with my quality comments. The NI Bandstand is good quality .... as good as say the Tyros but not nearly as good as say the NI AKoustic Piano, B4 II, Garritan Strings, VRSound Sax and so on. In fact, I would say that Garritan's GPO and Jazz & Big Band are of better quality then the NI Bandstand. However, Bandstand will be well good enough for live performances but not quite up to studio work.

I just like the Bandstand & kontakt combo. I have the full quality range under my thumb with the same sampler engine and effects. It is not perfect....in fact there are some irritating bugs but these will be fixed no doubt.

Going back to Esh's comments....it would be nice if corporations such as Yamaha and others picked up their socks and built keyboards with the appropriate control surfaces and giving us the flexibility to install the sounds, effects and styles of our chosing. The day will come.....

[This message has been edited by Frank L. Rosenthal (edited 11-23-2005).]