You are so right Tony. Some may say it is long in the tooth, but my KN7000 still has the best OS ever made, as well as yours. I just got back from a three hour gig with it, and it was just like having an old friend with me.

Bernie

Good playing and thanks for sharing. I've been on the fence between a 950 and 3x, although deep down, I probably wouldn't leave Korg. After hearing this, I just don't think Yamaha will ever make that leap to take it past a home product sound. To me, every model sounds the same. What is so annoying is that constant background guitar strum.....

Same with the Yamaha and Roland systems...just takes a bit of acclimatization, patience, mmmm...let's just say the more time you spend with any system the easier it gets.

Technics did have a good intuitive system, but it's hard to say how it would have grown to cope with so much technology growth with sounds, styles etc..



Ian

You could be right, Ian, although they were always ahead of the curve in their day ... but, as I said, it is all moot ...



Bernie ... no gig tonight, but i am just sitting home and playing the kn6000 ... Admittedly, I've never done a side by side with another kb, but as Alabama sang "Feels So Right" ...

I just remember the horrible mic control that I had in either the kn5000, or 7000 - I forget the model. I was not a Techics guy, but I gave it a fair trial. It's funny - I found the synthzone while searching for info on Technics - I found a thred called "the kn5000 is the best keyboard in the world" ... naturally, I had to check it out!

The mic control and especially VH was not up to par on the KN7000.

I think most people - even technics lovers - found the VH unusable ... the ONLY area of disappointment, IMHO ...

That's actually why I left Technics after the kN5000. Yamaha PSR8000 had a decent vocal harmonizer and a really good vocal processor. It was a keyboard way ahead of its time actually.
DonM