I agree with Dave that knowing what sounds good is imperative for the Musician playing the instrument[s]. But I disagree that the audience is somehow less concerned or savvy when it comes to authentic instrument sounds. Although you can get by with playing a Casio WK series Grand Piano patch and the audience may enjoy it for the most part, when a truly authentic and superb sounding Acoustic Grand Piano Voice is played, the audience's reaction will most assuredly enliven and you will see the reaction on their faces that says: "Hey, that Piano sounds Wunderbar! (Wonderful)! - and I am really enraptured and enthralled by this sound experience I'm listening to!" That same reaction would be a stretch when the instruments you are playing sound less than what an authentic natural (as apposed to an electronic instrument) - should sound like. People aren't dumb. They know what an instrument should sound like for the most part and any deviation from authenticity is definitely noticed by them and your performance will suffer accordingly depending on your Keyboard's ability to produce authentic sounding instruments.

Best regards,
Mike



[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 03-03-2004).]