Sadly, you're right about the organs. At first post, I'd only gone through the patch list to the Ac. Pianos and the El. Pianos. The organs are something of a disappointment, especially after having gone through all those great pianos. If it were my only board in a studio, I'd probably be looking at NI's B4, or something. The board is so deep (one thing I like about Roland and Korg) that I would be loathe to make any kind of assessment of it at this point. I haven't even loaded the included editor into a computer yet (I'll wait until I move it into the 'studio'. I have some serious 'shedding' ahead of me if I want to realize the full potential of this board (if you start getting too bored down there, come on up for a visit - warning, your general knowledge of roland products and recording, would be exploited ).

I'm starting to have second thoughts about the Korg M50. I wanted (I think) a lightweight second gig board to add a little variety to our sound (organ (C1), guitar, and drums). After listening to a number of demos and fooling around for about 30 minutes (yeah, I know) with an M3 in the GC in Atlanta, I'm not so sure that the M50 is the best choice. I'll probably continue to look.

Yeah, I hope you can post some of the new stuff. As much as we all love our arrangers (and they do serve an important purpose), they can never replace the subtleties and nuances of 'live' playing. Plus, the quality of your mixes deserve a shoutout. Right now I'm working on 'Manuto'. I may try to use the G7 for all but the organ voice (although right now it's starting to sound pretty good with just the SonicCell - we'll see). I'll send you a rough copy in a bit (I'm not happy with the organ solo (C1) at the moment; I need to get away from my over-perc'd Jimmy Smith go-to voice).

chas

[This message has been edited by cgiles (edited 11-09-2008).]