Hi

thanks for the replies, that's really useful. To give you a bit more information, I used to be the keys player in a full band. Economics have forced me in the last ten years to dispense with that luxury, and now I'm a kind of one-man-band with guest musicians. I pretty much drive the whole show. I love 76 (or more) keys, but if I returned to full band, I have fantomx 8 and quadrasynth to use. I am specifcally looking for a replacement for my discover5. I don't really need to worry about styles or arranger play - if I play 'interactive' at home, I use my Korg Karma. (I love that board). So what I am after is a 61note board(sorry) as I have too much to do on stage to worry about much more than the odd b3 or rhodes solo - even more so given that I have to (but don't particularly like) having to play standing up. I also have enough to worry about just routing my ae5400 into the harmoniser on my discover5, given the limitations of my Mackie mixer - I do have another far more well specced mixer, but it doesn't have onboard effects, so thats more setup and breakdown time, patch leads etc. - Hell, I have a TC Helicon voice one, but for simplicty, I go with the VH on the discover5 (which I actually think is pretty good (try the smf for I need you by America with the VH programmed in).

At this stage in my life, I want the (seemingly) impossible. The best possible sound, with the minimum amount of effort. If that makes me sound lazy, I would auger that I am putting 5 kids thru uni (college I guess ) and am working a 70hr week and gigging at the weekend. Blimey, that turned into a rant unintentionally

I have been through the stage of 5k+ rigs with full lighting, and incredibly complex rigs. These days I prefer simplicity. On another note, I recently bought a pair of KAM powerbars - what a revelation!