These are my thoughts on keyboards. I have had several Yamaha,Hammond and Roland keyboards but the setup I have now is by far my favorite.

I use a Yamaha PSR3000 and a Ketron Midjay. The 3K make a great controller and effects generator. The Midjay plays midi, wave, mp3 and patterns (styles) it also has a usb connections and a hard drive for ease of file transfer from one media to the other. Another feature of the Midjay it allows me to attach text files to the Patterns and name the Pattern the same as the song and place them restoration memory in folders such as set 1, set 2, ect.

One problem I have had over the years was dead space between songs. Gary helped a great deal with his gig disk but invariably someone would request a song I was not prepared for or couldn’t remember the words. With the text feature on the Midjay words are no longer a problem as long as I have my reading glasses.

The overall combination of instrument sounds and drum quality on the ketron equipment is second to none, but the PSR3000 adds a dimension to the Ketron I love and could not make it without either one.

I know most of you like the laptop but the size and shape of the Midjay works better for me.

Hank