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I started to doubt my own post and double-checked: I did buy the case in 2009 for my PC2x, and later on used it for my PC3x as well. (They're the same size.)

Thomann sells their own custom-made PVC hard cases that are not heavy at all but very sturdy. They do cost ±€200 but I can recommend them. I've gigged with my PC3x case for more than 15 years now without problems. Search for 'Thon custom keyboard case II PVC' on their website.

Kurzweil keyboards 'scan' the switch pedals on boot-up and consider that to be 'pedal off'. You can use any pedal on a Kurzweil, just plug it in before turning the unit on.

Off the top of my head, I remember little boxes (I think the brand is called MIDI Solutions) that take a specific incoming controller signal (from a jack input) and send it out as MIDI signal through their DIN MIDI-out port. Then it's just a question of merging those different MIDI feeds. I'm sure there are more elegant ways to do this.

I actually have seen very little information or technical interviews aboutDavid Sancious' gear and approach through the years and so far, this thread seems to mirror that. I remember half a page in Keyboard Mag on his tour with Seal and another interview (somewhere) on the SO anniversary tour with Peter Gabriel. He indicated that the Kronos was what he got set up with from PGs production for the tour, and he was normally using a Yamaha ModX (which he used on Sting tours around that time). He stated that he missed having more expression pedals available on those boards and I wondered why someone in his position wouldn't find the (simple) technical solutions to hook up more pedals if he wanted them. I have to see whether I can dig up that article about the Seal tour. Would have to be 1999. They mentioned what was in his rack at the time. These days, he's using Mainstage.

If you are interested in the book, make sure to get the Second Edition. While the first edition was written during Joe's lifetime, the second edition was completed after he passed and covers his entire life. (Tooting my horn about the book here so extensively, it might be good to state that I am not connected in any way to the book or author. I just happen to like it a lot.)

Hello everyone, Reading this thread, I couldn't help but sign up to this forum (having been following passively for a long time). If you dug the documentary, I sure you will love the excellent biography on Joe that has been out for a couple of years and that didn't get the attention it very much deserves. 'In a silent way' A portrait of Joe Zawinul, by Brian Glasser The chapter on Joe's youth especially were very insightful to me as to how he became the person that he world got to know (and that some of you talked about above). The book even has a short foreword by Wayne. All in all, a seemingly well-researched book that I can only recommend. Cheers! ensho