Hi Folks,
I was reading the replies to this thread and it brought to mind the Yamaha- X4500, Now that was a KB But in only had a polyphony 8 notes and it was a GM--Midi KB so that just goes to show that Yamaha has had a "history" of "wierd" KB`s. But it had build quality that would surpass some of the finest boards on the market today and the "action" was perfect I owned that KB for about 4yr`s and aside from the lack of poly it was IMO "light-years" ahead , for example: sounds were sampled in AWM + AWS (advanced wave modulation)+(advanced wave synthesis) the "Piano sounded like, Trumpet was better than the real thing (imo) and NO WHEELS !! It had a "Pitch roll bar" and "Modulation roll bar" not just tiny things, The pitch ran for the first 2 octaves and the modualtion for the remaining 3, so you could be playing, add effects and not reach for a "wheel" just "palm-it" while you play! Sorry for the long review of a 12-13 year-old KB, Just old memories as a gaze-upon my 2000 and ask why O- in case your wondering 100 sounds +100 styles, variations, multipads and "drum-pads" all programable ! So Yamaha can do it ,If they want to!!
jedi