Been with the 3X for a long time now, with many gigs under the belt. I cannot find a more powerful board for sounds, styles and ease of operation. Coupled with the QSC, the sound is very big and full.

However, this downtime has me thinking. Since my recent health concerns and age, I want to lighten my load.

I have never used a midi file live, but think this might be the time to explore that option.

These are my thoughts:

Find a lightweight 76 keyboard that has a sequencer and pads and load in midi files, mute the pianos and play along. Need a board that will allow me to remix, mute parts, etc and save the files. Perhaps use the mic input and eliminate my Zed mixer (Roland Juno series/EA?). I've never liked the 3X pianos and think a better digital acoustic would be fun to play just piano pieces.

Dump the QSCs (probably not) and get a smaller footprint for sound (has to be in stereo).

I believe a smaller setup would open up other opportunities and I NEED SOMETHING NEW - I am getting bored with things, my motivation has waned and I believe this would get me off my duff.

Any thoughts, suggestions? I surely wouldn't dump the current stuff until I made the new work well.