Originally posted by Diki:
You are definitely a better man than me, Ian 
! Aw shucks Diki...I ain't no better man than you.
I'm just more humble...that's all.
My blind buddy could play circles around both of us (well, me for sure!)...especially on piano...but he got this thing in his craw about the arranger...partly my fault for bringing one over to his house one fateful day.
He's pretty darn good on the 8k now, but it's all home playing and he has no interest in gigging.
We've been best buddies for years, and I've learned an awful lot from him.
I took a while to grasp the DX7 as well...totally different from the analog I grew up with...I used to say learning the DX7 was like learning to play chess.

I used to spend hours analysing the way Bo Tomlyn managed to get his patches to sound the way they did...just like watching a chess master.

But I digress.
I'll probably be dragged kicking and screaming into the world of touch screens, if I'm ever denied the chance to use buttons...old ways die hard, just like they did when I went to the DX.
Ian