Mo: You said you use "just bass/drums/percussion". What are you doing for chords? Playing them in the left hand and letting the arranger recognize them for the appropriate bass part? If you do that, how often do you find the bass going off into left field? My problem is with 61 keys I don't always have as much room as I want/need to stretch out for chord voicing and melody work.

I hear ya on changing it up. I have been on a quest lately for middle-eastern styles to use just drums/bass with. In the future I might add a computer to my setup to use something like the MOTU Ethno sound set. It looks REALLY cool. To the sounds you listed I also like using the oboe. I think it sings out better than the clarinet on the T2. And I find the French Mussette and the SA tenor can be rather tasty too.

[This message has been edited by RobertG (edited 08-24-2006).]