My wife seems to be swirching back and forth bwtween the Previa 320 and RD700 leaving a bare spot in my humble studio, So Im getting a PERMANENT 88 weighted board.

Any ideas or shared knowledge would be nice.

My choices are Yamaha X8 (of course), Roland Fantom, Korg M3....or a module and 88 key controller. I really don;t need the full on WS but at the prices I can get them for it would be foolish not to. (which is why I have a T3 and not the s900)

Heres my take....Roland has the best OS but I already have a PC and Notebook.

Yamaha has all those Arps which makes me lean in that direction how ever I don;t like the idea of most coices from one manufacturere.

The Korg is the front runner but I don't want to spend more time reading "War and Peace" than creating. The Manual is like a NYC Phone book.....and no pictures,

A controller would probably be the best idea but the Yamaha KX88 is really nice if you use Cubaase,

Maybe a used Motif ES or its new incarnation the M08......

Decidions decisions...

If your wife is really picky about her piano patches..., then I don't think the MO8 will please her. The keybed is weighted but it's not a graded action. Same weight up and down the keybed. The MO's choke for workstation use because they're a Motif ES sound engine running literally on half the poly!

The Motif XS8, Fantom G8, and M3 (88 model) are all very very very good workstations. You need to look at which one will have the most features your wife would actually use too. As far as the OS is conerned I think the Fantom G will be easier for her. The Korg M3 and the XS aren't really ranked up their for their ease of use.... They're great workstations, but even as you stated the Korgs manual is extensive.

Don't forget the MediaStation X-88

Don't forget the Nord Stage...

Sure, it's not a WS, but you don't need one! But the sounds it does do, it does better than anything else out there. Best B3, best Rhodes, best Wurli, best clavs, and analog polysynth better than most...

Nail the meat and potatoes, and everything is so much easier to sit in the mix...

You haven't mentioned the Korg PA588. This is an 88 weighted keyboard workstation featuring the sounds and styles of the Korg PA2XPRO and PA800 but with a few less features.


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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com

And IMO, the Stage has some of the best pianos in the business - not sterile, TOO perfect, but REAL living breathing pianos


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Don't see many bands on TV except on the Tonight Show, but I'm noticing more and more Nord Stage and Electros with the guest bands. The band Wednesday had a Stage and the Keyboardist was playing some pretty authentic 'B3' parts and I didn't notice a Leslie anywhere in sight. Great well-built, unsung, board.

chas

Well, unsung here...

Most sites with 'normal' players (ain't any here, that's for sure!), the Nord is held in VERY high esteem and discussed avidly.

diki why do you continualy knock the players here? ...are you so high above anyone here? I really don't think so....but lately every post seems that your talkin down to people....

If you really want an 88 key WS , then there is really only one choice, . :

http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?ObjectId=918&ParentId=83

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