Graham is quite right. Product demos usually feature the best characteristics of the sounds. If a brass patch sounds good stabbed but not sustained then you will only hear that sound used in parts that feature the stabs.

But this applies to ALL keyboards not just Casio. Even playing Roland, Yamaha and Korg sample playback keyboards will most probably leave you feeling the same. Sample playback synthesis is very much just a snapshot of an instrument and only works in that particular context. The skill as a performer is to play the patches in a way that makes them sound natural. And that may mean using one patch for stabbing stacaato parts and changing to another patch for sustained notes.



[This message has been edited by Nigel (edited 11-10-2004).]