Spalding1:
We are in agreement that marketing is important to help sell a keyboard. Some of the ways a keyboard can be marketed (and this is not and exhaustive list) is by the specs, online demos, pictures and word of mouth.

Whether or not musicians go to try out a board based on an online demo is really up to the musician.

What I do know is that some musicians have noticed a big difference between an online demo and playing or hearing a keyboard live.

I will give you just 2 examples. There were some musicians who heard the G-70 online demos and were almost going to buy it. But after hearing it in person, were not impressed with the sounds on it at all.

Another example is where some one came up to me after hearing me play the Genesys and was impressed by the sounds and styles. That person heard some online demos of the Genesys and said the sounds and styles did not move him. He was wondering if I was playing a different Genesys I told him know but I tweak and mix the sounds and create my own styles to suit my playing style.

Kind of like in another thread where persons said that in order to judge the quality of a piano sound they have to know who is playing the instrument.

My point in saying all this is the player should really check out the keyboard in person and see if the keyboard’s sounds, OS and physical lay-out fit his or her level of playing and programming ability.

Lets face it, with the technology today, sounds on any new keyboard are going to be good whether we like a particular keyboard will depend on our personal preference, our skill level for playing, how easy the OS is to navigate and our willingness to make the keyboard our own.