Cass, great to hear that you're enjoying your microARRANGER. Congratulations. I agree that this is one impressive sounding little keyboard, offering, esp us Yamaha players, a wonderful opportunity to experince & appreciate Korg's signature sound and for such a low cost of admission to boot. As far as the keys, yes they are certainly playable, but only up to a point. Fine for single note at a time melodies & runs, but definitely not for attempting much beyond that like pianistic style Shearing block chord melodies. That said, I'm now able for the 1st time play 10ths on the microArranger.
Previous to this, I was only able to dream of doing that on the Steinway.

Now that I finally own a Korg I finally appreciate what Korg arranger fans have been touting about regarding Korg's dynamically 'live' vs the CD polished sound of Yamaha arrangers. I personally appreciate having both brands to select from, or combine with when playing.


I'm having good success bringing in my mic into the microARRANGER thru an Alesis NanoVerb and then into the microArranger's 1/8" mini stereo line-in jack . . . a nice clean & clear vocal signal. The Alesis NanoVerb includes an output level knob so I'm able to raise /lower the mic volume heard thru the microArr speakers and microArr's output, as the microArr itself doesn't allow you to alter the incoming line-in volume or apply internal effects to that signal.

Cass, were you finally able to figure out how to play a 'batch' of SMFs on your microArranger now? If so, perhaps you can post how you do this as I haven't even attempted to load or play even one midi file on my microArranger yet.

Scott