Simon, having listened to some of your products, you do seem to get a lot of expression out of your 740. A breath controller is a nice option, but sometimes you want to do other things with your mouth. Likewise, with the modulation wheel, there are other things to do with the left hand--at least according to your namesake Paul S. The foot controller is working well with me, although I do feel my feet are a little too clumsy for real-time control. The main reason I would be reluctant to buy a PSR-740 is the lack of aftertouch, which provides continuous control at your fingertips. However, you may not be much worse off than I am, since my PSR-8000 does not seem to implement it very well.

Comalite3, I like your thinking. A PSR9000Pro with a physical modeling card and a 6-D controller. I have not tried the ball controller you described. If arranger manufacturers do not adopt it, it could still be useful as an add on like the Kaoss pad.

I like the idea of a pressure-sensitive touch pad. Sort of like a Korg Z1 with velocity and pressure sensitivity. Sort of like the Korg Kaoss pad, but built into a keyboard and used for midi control. If I am allowed to go off the deep end, the touch pad could be a touch screen as well. The screen could indicate the effect of different actions on the pad. During programming mode, the touch screen could be used like those on the Triton and VA-7.

My ultimate expressive arranger would have polyphonic aftertouch and a velocity and pressure sensitive touch screen-pad. But I would like a chance to try comalite3s ball. As though I had the skills to take advantage of these control possibilities.

[This message has been edited by Clif Anderson (edited 09-08-2000).]

[This message has been edited by Clif Anderson (edited 09-08-2000).]