Dave,

I had no problem with the growl sax with the way I play it in alot of R&B songs. But some of the Brass sounds needed a little adjustment, delay/rev etc.I find that to achieve a realistic brass stab you need to incorporate a combination of 3 sounds R1,R2,R3,(Brasssection, Sweet Trumpet, Brass Combo). Be sure to evealuate your octave settings depending on what key your song is in also. Using the OTS setups as a foundation for sounds is highly recomended also versus a straight sound out of the sound library, especialy for (Cool E Guitar) on country tunes and Mandolin. Using the "Harmony" feature will give you many great efx. You can also isolate the "Harmony setting to only one instrument in the Reg also so that only that one uses the harmony.Another tip is to go into the MAIN (5 band) H-EQ section where you have 4 user settings and setup user #2 eg: ( 0, -1, +2, +3, 0, ) this will eliminate all the Muddled sound and give you a much clearer sound especially in the 400hz range for pianos etc. To explain this better play an arrangement with the default user EQ #1, while the keyboard is playing switch to your new custom user #2 EQ setup and listen to the difference! Next I have found that if you go into every registration and boost the ACCMP. high EQ to 105 it will definitly brighten the Accmp. mix especially the drums giving it a great "Live Sound". These are some of the things I talked about in my first post regarding "out of the box" reviews versus doing a little work in making your unit come alive and sounding great. I would guess that you can employ most of these technics to any keyboard to achieve a somewhat better sounding unit, try it you'll see !!

Good Luck

Donny NJ



[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 06-30-2001).]