Hello George and others,
It's great to hear that Yamaha is gonna do something ! However....The PSR9000pro was 1st introduced to me and George Kaye in Janauary 2000 (NAMM). It took them a full year to have it available . Yamaha has just given the Ketron line the biggest compliment . To have the largest keyboard manufacturer say "our style's will be more like such and such" is very interesting to me .
If anyone ever goes to a NAMM show you will find that Yamaha is the most aggressive company when shopping the competiton. They have a whole crew walking around taking picture's and listening to the other guy's keyboards.
How much money did Yamaha invest to bring the PSR9000pro to life ? This keyboard is
here to stay a while .
Korg introduced the PA80 at Summer NAMM in JUly of 1999. Where is it ??????????
It took Korg no time at all to bring out the Karma . Same sound engine as triton . The PA80 is suppose to have the same sound engine. What happened ?
The point is ... I wouldn't get my hopes up.
To Scott Yee ,
The guy who designed the Solton keyboards is Sandro Fontinella . He is not by any means "some techno guy ". His credentials are impecable .
The rootless chord recognition is not a problem for many Solton/Ketron owners that I
have met . These owners are performing musician's . Suppose someone is just using the keyboard for the purpose of using the sounds to perform with a band ? Suppose some one is using a X1 for stuido application and harmonizer ? Suppose someone is using the keyboard to NOT use the arrangements . There are many professional musicians . It seems to me that you have one issue that will keep you from ever purchasing a Ketron product .
The rootless chord recognition has been brought to the "techo guy's" attention.
I was performing on the SD1 at NAMM. Sandro and other musicians were performing at NAMM . I guess that everyone who likes a Ketron Keyboard is not a real musician because of the rootless chord recogniton ? When I play my X1 in public or at home it gives me the sound that makes me sound and feel good. That's what music is all about .
DanO
PS... I guarrantee that if Ronnie Foster ever played an SD1 he would say "this sounds great " . Just like Ricky Lawson, Ellis Hall and Brian Simpson and many other Grammy award winners did during the NAMM show.