That's only 3-4 keyboards ahead of what they're planning now. Since memory configurations will be different, a lot of the new features will be centered around increased memory. Size is pretty much determined by keyboard and panel buttons/dials, so the overall look will be similar, but weight will continue to go down and plastic cases will be sturdier.

Live drums are here, so live instruments will be next - even better than they are now. Polyphony will be a non-issue. Arrangers will be the standard type prokeyboard, as more musicians will be playing and recording solo. The arranger section will be essential to pop music, just as it is to standard music today. No more cables, everything will be wireless.

Fran will be proclaiming that his Roland Sonic A73 is the cat's meow even though it weighs a whopping 19 lbs. And Scott Yee will counter that his Yamaha Astro 3 is just as good with only 61 keys. The big difference is that the Astro takes pictures of the audience and projects them onto the speaker grilles of his new Bose L5 column - just 42 inches tall and capable of filling a 500 seat auditorium with surround sound.

Whatever computer interface is dominant in 2012 will be the interface of the 2017 keyboards - yuk.