Squeak,
I didn't notice the bit about the "crappy keyboard"...I just glanced over it, and figured it might be relevant to Uncle Buck's thread (I also put in a link there).
I got my baby, the Jupiter 8, but both these synths are pretty decent.
Ian
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Yamaha Tyros4, Yamaha MS-60S Powered Monitors(2), Yamaha CS-01, Yamaha TQ-5, Yamaha PSR-S775.