Originally Posted By: leeboy
Bachus,
ABSOLUTELY! Something you can add to a MIDI keyboard (including 88 Hammer action)

And there is plenty of options for MIDI controllers to use with a module...getting better all the time. BUT....take a look at the T5 for example...how many MIDI (function) switched does it have...LOTS AND they are for the most part where they need to be. One thing I wish I had right now is a strip of many MIDI switches 36 or so. A narrow strip to stick on the very bottom (top of the keys) on my MIDI keyboard for control of most common items needed on a regular basis while using styles, AND the switches need to be quiet. I hate hearing switch noise as I run the machine! It does not exist today. I can get by with other options...but not as good.

As you know I am involved in the vA2.
I will be doing a lot of review,demo soon.
I am still learning it and it will take a little time to be sure I understand before saying how it is in each respect.
Dan is very helpful, and I hope he does not tire of my questions and requests for improvements (if any).

Imagine a T5 module on top of a MOXF or any other PRO keyboard...you would have the best of both words.
BUT Pro's in a band environment do not typically use a arranger.
One thing that really works well is to add a 88 key hammer action below the arranger keyboard....but that's mostly for home use, not gigging for obvious reasons.

I think Ketron caters to accordion, guitar, etc players & that's where a module works well. The others really do not cater to that group as far as I know.

I think software arrangers is the answer, vs a module. Having a 22" touch screen above the keyboard is cool. Just need a MIDI keyboard that has essentially all the controls needed to have a optimized control of the arranger.





Its not meant for those pro players on stage.... Its meant for people that enjoy playing music at home, or pianists, playing lounge music with styles, or whatever... But bandplayers? Not really, unless they play at home...

(Bands overhere in Holland hardly can find any keyboardists, they are a rare breed, as it is the hardest instrument one generally plays in bands)

I would love to see a Tyros quallity Yamaha arranger module, but i think a modestly priced PsR quallity module would work just as good ( style quallity) and sell much much better...
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