Regarding the Hammond XE's. I have played around with these models a number of times at our twice yearly 7 day keyboard festival in the UK. The XE has style editing possibilities just like a keyboard. 100 registrations and real drawbars. The styles are very usable without being over complicated. Its beutifull in its layout design and as mentioned its nice and compact. Apart from the excellent drawbar flutes the remaining voices are generally up to what we can expect from todays keyboards but its overall sound to me is a little Mellow, however this is not a complaint because it can sound very sweet. I think my only dislike is the green screen which to me is not as clear as it could be in certain lighting conditions. The XE in the UK has got many happy owners.

Graham UK



[This message has been edited by Graham UK (edited 09-28-2003).]