Vic,

Could you please give specific reasons "why" you think that the GEM WK8 is not a great (arranger)keyboard to play "live"?

I have never played the WK8 but I do own the General Music (GEM) "RealPiano Expander" sound module and the acoustic piano sample is 'excellent'. I'm wondering if the acoustic piano sample used on the WK8 is the same? I've also checked out (auditioned) the GEM Pro2 keyboard and think it sounds awesome.

I don't believe that the Korg Triton has auto accompaniment features and the Roland E-5000R (is that a module version of the E-500?) is a Roland 'mid-line' arranger keyboard model, not the 'top of the line' arranger keyobard model that the GEM WK8 is marketed as.

I am interested in getting more feedback from Vic and others out there that either own or have played the WK8 to find out what the strengths and weakness'es of this arranger keyboard are. BTW (if you don't already know from reading my other postings on this board), I own the Technics KN5000 (and love it).

- Scott