Hi Ian, you touched on a couple of things; the SA Sax for instance. Yep, no question it sounds better than the Korg sax but therein lies the rub. I've found that (for me) the closer the board comes to the real thing, the more it exposes your emulation technique. In other words, I find the Korg sax more forgiving...plus, I sort of like the 'smokey' sound for this type of tune. Of course you're correct about the attack on every note (Korg) being a dead giveaway but I try to use touch dynamics to mitigate that somewhat. Of course, you'll never fool a sax player with either the korg or yammy . The other thing you mentioned; the beat. Yeah, that's what I think I like most about the Korg. I just think their drums (patterns and sound) are the funkiest out there. I think for midi drums, they're hard to beat. The Roland drums (from my SonicCell or Fantom G7) aren't too shabby, either. I just did a quickie recording of Monk's 'round midnight (I was chasing Diki's G70 piano sound) that shows them in a pretty good light. I'll post it sometime. I haven't heard the Audya's drums but the instrument is too expensive for me just for drums, and frankly, I don't like Ketron styles. Just the type of music I like, I think. For some types of music, it's probably the best out there.

How is the weather up there? Have you bundled in for winter yet? If it gets too cold, you can always go visit your alter ego, Diki, in sunny Florida . Anyhoo, take care of your health and stop spending money on all those Bosi (I don't think DonM knew what he was doing when he unleashed (coined) that word .

chas