I recently said it again, the moment that there is an 88 totl arranger stagepaino workstation with aftertouch and real time controlls, i will jump over to it and settle with a single keyboard (not that i think its going to happen any time soon..

But this made me think... about my current situation.... and realise something...
My whole playing style and habbitat is centered around having 2 keyboards available..

I most of the time, dont switch sounds, but just switch keyboards...
and if playing arranger style, i have lefthand sounds (or left and bass) and one righthand keyboardset (or even 3 splits if i want to) on the Pa4x by default and another one or 2 available on the kronos...more so if i want to

I really like this.. it just feels better then switching keyboardsets all the time (which offcourse is an option i still have available...

Also having 2 different actions is offcourse a perfect thing, tough the Kronos RH3 is versatile and light enough to also play fast organ and. Synth parts, the pa4x is still more suited for this... the RH3 yet is more suited for slower more dynamic parts like piano, strings etc etc...


So whats my setup...
lower keybed, 88 keys (kronos) with piano hammer action..
Upper keybed, 76 keys (pa4x) nice for organ and synth parts..

So what would i like to hav on my lower keyboard...
- arranger functionallity.. workstation functionallity... direct programmable controll features like knobs and sliders.. basically i would like to have all important controlls on the lower keyboard..
-> so this is a slight problem, as my arranger keyboard is the top one, however, i have an EC5 pedal hooked on the pa4x for direct controll.. i also however recently created an ext setting which i can use in any combi, it allows to have 16 programmable buttons for comtrolling the arranger parts directly from the kronos... it requires some work to addapt a combi with this setting, but in the end it works well

and for the upper keyboard?
It doesnt really matter very much, as its often just to far to reach out comfortably... the keys keys are no problem, but the controll surface is just to far to use continously...


Basically i came to realise that there is not much left to wish for.. and i might as well stick with this set-up and use my macbook for expanding it... and also that in my situation, where my keys in general live in my homestudio, weight and size of the setup is not something really important... realising that no matter what, having that upper keyboard has become so much of a habbit, that not having it in my summerhome where i just have the recently bought 2nd Kronos, definately feels like a miss to me right now... so i think i am done buying more hardware, because it will not get very much better then this..


So, anyone else addicted to having 2 keybeds?