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#275434 - 11/07/09 01:17 PM
Re: Kurzweil's New Budget Workstation
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Registered: 07/27/05
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Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada
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I always liked the Kurzweil sound...now, if they would only make an arranger based on this model in particular, as it would keep the price reasonable.
They made electronic pianos with arranger features (something like a Yamaha CVP) back in 1993, and they were pretty nice...I remember we had both a Mark 150 and a Mark 10 at the music store I was working in whilst in Newfoundland.
The Mark 150 wasn't portable...it had a 200 watt, seven channel, seven speaker sound system by Boston Acoustics and it was like a grand piano, and the Mark 10 was smaller, but still not what you would rate as as "portable" either.
I think Cassp has a Mark 10.
Strange they went with 64 note poly with this model, when 128 seems to be the industry standard, and with a 16 track sequencer, low polyphony is not what you want...more is always better. Casio will have a surprise for everyone in the new year.
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#275442 - 11/08/09 05:41 PM
Re: Kurzweil's New Budget Workstation
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Registered: 07/27/05
Posts: 10606
Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada
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I think 64 poly might be an issue within an arranger...the style itself would use up a fair amount of poly, plus you have left hand and right hand sounds...and, if you layer sounds, you use up more.
64 note poly would be acceptable on a digital piano, I'm just not sure how well it would work on an arranger.
In any case, I doubt if we'll see an arranger from Kurzweil in the near future.
Ian
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