Quote Lucky2Bhere:
"My own attitude is that if you're a good enough player, then you don't need a lot of fancy styles and fill-ins, etc on your keyboard. Your playing is what people will listen to. Easier to build a song "up" from a basic sound, than to have to tear away layers of musical complexity in an intricate style to tame it to a level where it's not attacking your audience"

Hi Lucky,
I fully agree with your comments - a good musician will shine whatever instrument they play. However, I don't have immense faith in my own abilities as I taught myself to play and to read music and one can always tell the difference between someone like me and someone who has had a few years of music lessons with a good teacher. I played organ in Pubs & Clubs for many years and always managed to fill the places up somehow but still lack the confidence which proper training would have brought.

As I am almost 70, my pub days are over and in the last 5 years I have only played for seniors at a sheltered accomodation complex where my Mum lives. They love to hear my Technics & Solton MS40 and I would be happy to stay with the Technics but am afraid it may give up the ghost so I want to be ready with my next board for when that time comes.
Thought the T3 would do it but still unconvinced although I must admit I'm rather a perfectionist and take some pleasing.
On the strength of the M3 demos, I would probably go for it if it were an arranger but have spent too many years playing with arranger backings to manage without them now.
Tony