... will be tomorrow at the winery. I used the P-121 the last 2 times, but I've since dedicated that as a living room piece, so lil' Geno gets the nod tomorrow. I'm planning on just using a small monitor speaker TC-FX150 to help cut through the chatter, but this job is primarily a background sitch, so I don't expect to need more coverage, or presence. Fingers crossed that it's a good fit! (I'm pretty confident it will be)

Doing a double tomorrow, so I'll post my results on Sunday ... if I wake up in time to unload the car before work.

Good luck, Dave - I am confident the rig will work out great for you and your audiences.

Gary

Have fun Dave! Enjoy the new board!

Good luck Dave,
Look forward to your report.

Wishing you a great performance at the Winery! You and Mason amaze me at your adaptability to just about any Arranger. Much talent, my friend.

I'm pretty stoked about this rig. I have a Gator case that is much too deep for the keyboard, so I was able to put the X-Stand, and mic stand in there on the bottom, then a nice soft cover, and the keyboard fits above it all. Saves a trip to the car. I'll use tomorrow to explore the different rhythm styles I loaded in, by the grace of our many fine members who were willing to share.
It'll be lots of swing, bossa, 6/8, and 12/8 ballads, and other easy 8/16 beat stuff. I'll also get to brush up on all the Christmas stuff that's in the "dusty" section of my brain since last year.

Good luck Dave, I know you'll smash it!

Dave, you don't need luck, you've got TALENT !!! ... but Good Luck, anyway ...

Dave, hope everything worked well on the maiden voyage!
Mitch

Ahoy mates! I'm back in the harbor .... Baby G is docked, and ready for tomorrow. Here's my "gig-notes":

Very few minuses: (and these are Yamaha in general)
1) I miss the chord triggering method that Korg uses. I don't like to play 3 note chords all the time, as I started playing only LH bass. The Yamaha 1 finger method is either (a) stupid, like early Casio with a non musical approach to Maj-Min-7th, or (b) "mostly" correct, but when I forget to play enough notes, I get empty chords with no 3rd to identify it. I can get used to this, but I have never liked it. Again - not specific to SX .... it's a Yamy-thang.
2) The best grand piano, while wonderful, does not seem to sustain as long as it should when the keys remain pressed. I'm sure I can tweak this, too.
3) Many string and organ sounds do not sustain with the damper pedal. Been this way for years, and I can modify the sounds I need to overcome this objection.

THAT'S IT for the negatives! Nothing surprising here.

Now, the PLUSES:
1) sound projection was excellent. I added the FX-150 to fatten up the bottom end a bit, but TBH - I probably didn't need to. This is a live room, and the sound traveled very well, as I expected.
2) voice quality was excellent. The VH2 is still worlds behind what I'm used to, but mostly in operation. The actual tone of the voices is pretty good. I play with lots of tracks, and seq files, so without the rhythm running, there's no way to sustain the harmonies when you pick up your fingers ...even if the damper pedal is pressed.
For feature jobs, I will bring an outboard unit, but for background things, like this one, it's was just fine. Better than fine.
3) Woody is crazy if he can't find a Rhodes he likes. I had several that played just fine, and sounded great. Also found a super Wurli. My go-to sound bank was:
Piano-Rhodes-Wurli-Acc Gtr-Elec Gtr-jazz organ-pop organ-brass. That's the only RH sounds I used all afternoon. I will dig deeper, but those are the staples.
4) Yamaha patterns are so very logical in their progressions. V1 to 2 to 3 etc .... adds just enough each time to add some sizzle, without giving you whiplash from a drastic change. Korg "sometimes" is guilty of this. I like a gradual "get busier" as my variations advance. Overall drums sounded excellent.
5) The live controls are a true blessing. You have 3 banks of 2 controls and I use them for mostly balancing sounds, styles, etc. The coolest feature is that you can assign a volume knob to control the aux-in (my iPad, in this case) eliminates the need for a sub mixer.
Here's my 3 banks:

1) Volume of styles, seq, drums (all LH) ....... 2) Volume of RH sounds
1) Aux-in volume ........................................... 2) Same as above
1) Style mute A ............................................. 2) Style mute B

The style mutes are very cool, as you can dial in, or out the bulk of the accompaniment tracks. Style Mute A goes from drums-adds bass-adds guitar-adds piano
Style Mute B starts with more sounds and adds the fluff sounds like strings, and brass .... super easy to blend in real time

No issues seeing, or navigating the entire screen.
No touch screen malfunctions.
No trouble doing quick edits in Mixer, Voice settings etc .... The only advantage Korg has here, is that you can alter, and save almost any edit in real time while the unit is running. Yamaha won't write certain things is a style is running. No biggie.

I have another winery thing on Dec 22, so I hope to have more to report after that outing, but for now - I give it a solid A. Sounded great. Looked Great.
I would like to find a smaller case. I hate extra room in my gig bags. I put tthe extra room in his one to good use, but I'd rather have a glove-fit for the kb.

What cased are you using SXers?