Thanks Guys, I am not completely adamant about 76 keys, I just like it better. I know it is not absolutely necessary, just a preference for me. But that being said, the most important thing for me as I mentioned is the sound of the keyboard and the styles. And from what I see so far Yamaha's T4 is miles ahead - I found it quite interesting that there is a video on You Tube of Martin Harris killing it with the T4 and if you look off to the right there are 3 of Korgs spokesmen including Rich Formidoni - Watch the video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pmaj7KeiM4 You'll see them at about the 45 second marker into the video. You would think those three would have gone back to their bosses at Korg and told them to go back to the drawing board. I just don't understand the business model here - are they not in competition with Yamaha or are they off doing their own thing. It does not make sense to me. Sorry, If I sound like I'm railing against Korg, I'm not I just feel disappointed that they are not seriously competing. It would be nice to see the T4 get some competition, but I guess there is none.
That is a very unfair assumption you have made, I'm sorry to say. All the manufacturers go around and see what the competetion is up to at the NAMM show. I know, having been there this year, I saw reps from every manufacturer on every different stand at one time or another. Yamaha got lucky and filmed these Korg guys watching a performance. This is probably the one chance these guys get to see the competition in action outwith the glare of the general public (since the show is trade only.)
I saw Yamaha reps at both the Korg and Roland booths this year, as I have done every year I have attended the show.
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Roland G-70, FP-4, BK-7m, SonicCell, KC-350 x 2, DS-5 x 2, A300-Pro, Sonar X1 PE, BR1600CD
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