Funny, I thought the G70 styles sounded much better after they were reworked for the T2 and PSR-3000. Same goes for lots of other keyboard styles. Of course, the folks that took the time to rework the styles figgured out why they didn't sound great, then took the time and effort to rework them into something very usable.

Todays high-end keyboards, unfortunately, don't seem to sound very good out of the box, but most can be tuned to sound very good--it just takes some time and effort on the part of the owner. And, YOU HAVE TO READ THE OWNER'S MANUAL! There are lots of folks that never seem to be able to extract the Owner;s Manual from the zip-loc plastic bag. And, if they do, they spend at least 5 or 10 minutes reading it before placing it back in the bag, or just tossing it in the trash. The next step, of course, is to post questions on the various forums asking "how do I do...?", which can usually be found on the second or third page of the manual.

I think my biggest gripe is with individuals that really don't take the time to explore their keyboards, the vast majority of which are very good. It is absolutely amazing just how much is packed into the OS of today's keyboards that is never used at all. I still come across musicians that have owned a keyboard for 2 to 3 years that didn't know there was a way to tune the onboard EQs.

What I would really like to see more of on this forum is posts that say things such "Neat, new way of tuning my XXXXX keyboard and saving the information. Or, how I set up my mic settings to improve the vocal harmony." Sure would be nice to get back to these kind of positive posts guys and gals. Hmmmm! Also noticed there are darned few ladies posting on this forum as compared to some of the others. Rikki is the only one that I can think of at the time. Ever wonder why they don't frequent this particular forum?

Cheers,

Gary

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