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#507987 - 03/17/23 07:14 AM
Re: Medeli AKX10
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#507990 - 03/17/23 11:29 AM
Re: Medeli AKX10
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Registered: 12/09/99
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Hi guitpic1,
I was very curious about this keyboard so I tracked one down. I had it for a week and then sent it back. It lasted a week only because I tried so hard to like it but it was just after a few hours I knew already how I felt.
Cosmetically it's very pretty especially the display and colourful dashboard where you can even customise and change the back-lit colours of the buttons, but ultimately I just could not get on with the vital thing - most of the sounds and styles. To my ears, it really reminded me of mid range PSR's of the 90s and of that era. Not that they were bad, I guess I am saying just sounds dated. The styles are not very inspirational and found them quite bland, nothing stuck out. The drums were the worst thing for me, they were OK in certain categories like Ballads but in something like the Latins, especially, they sounded horrible. It is just my opinion though because I don't want to put off any potential buyers. It is a good price for what you get especially in terms of features, options and cosmetics.
In contrast, I recently owned an SX600 (I think they are similarly priced) and there is no doubt the SX600 blows it sonically.
I agree with TedS I think any PSR of the last 10 or 15 years will sound better but it does depend on one's needs and what someone would want from it. But that's my experience of it anyway if it helps at all.
All the best, Danny
Edited by DannyUK (03/17/23 11:35 AM)
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#507991 - 03/17/23 12:53 PM
Re: Medeli AKX10
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Edited by mc2pereira (03/17/23 12:55 PM)
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#508030 - 03/23/23 01:24 PM
Re: Medeli AKX10
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Thing is, yes although good ‘for the money’, it is still in a totally different price category to things like the Event, Genos or PA4X, and totally different capability.
I still don’t get the need, once you have the TOTL why anyone would want to spend a ton of time learning a new OS on a cheap arranger when you already have mastered the best thing available. As was said earlier, wouldn’t all that time and effort be better used improving your playing, expanding your repertoire, or exploring maybe little used parts of your current TOTL arranger, like its sampler or style creation tools..?!
Time is the one thing that’s finite. Yes, you may have enough money to buy as many arrangers as there are, but there’s still only 24 hours in a day. What’s your time worth? Every hour spent trying to set up a new low end arranger is an hour you didn’t spend improving your TOTL one…
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#508112 - 04/05/23 08:19 AM
Re: Medeli AKX10
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Registered: 04/28/06
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Loc: North Texas, USA
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Is it really worth the money compared to, say a used PSR-S950? How do the sounds and features stack up against a PSR from two generations ago?
Based on a thorough reading of the manual, it's my opinion that Medeli licensed or borrowed key parts of its OS from Yamaha. At the heart of every arranger is chord recognition, and Medeli omitted (or was unable to license) Yamaha's "AI Fingered" system, which is their most advanced mode, and IMO the only one worth using. Think also about a lack of third party or legacy styles. So what is the unique feature or key value proposition here?
My Daddy was an engineer and he always said, "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door!" If I'm critical, it's because this isn't a better mousetrap; it fails to advance the state of the art on any frontier. They're just reselling a mature or reduced feature set at a lower price point, which will ultimately plant the seeds of remorse in the buyer. When Medeli's engineers come up with something unique and compelling, I mean really move the needle, then I would consider their product. I hope they keep trying. My $.02.
Edited by TedS (04/05/23 08:27 AM)
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