DanL

We use the FA for some extra keys when I can't cover all the parts. A couple of our background singers play keys so I tell them which parts to learn.

A clip of the end of Shine on You Crazy Diamond part 6-9 from our show the other night. Audio is from the camera so the mix isn't quite right but you can hear the keys well!

I used to have the big board on the bottom, but when I added the 3rd tier there was a huge gap between the 2 Nords, and the middle tier had to be adjust up higher so the height of all 3 boards from top to bottom was really spread out. So I moved the bigger board to the middle, lowered the 2nd tier down as close as I could to the bottom tier to tighten up the height of the rig. After doing that I realized that it's easier to see the controls on the 2nd tier board, and since I use that one to control my whole rig, it was a benefit to have more room to see what is going o. I don't need to get to many controls on the bottom Nord, just drawbars and a couple buttons

Thanks Dave!

Here's my latest, with the Kronos 88 and the 2 Nords. http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj60/dan88z/20180915_154431_zpsgaola2jp.jpg

I know why they do it, but that doesn't change the fact that its not compatible with gigging musicians. Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should. Its not supposed to be about whats easier for them, its supposed to be about what makes sense for their customers. Once again, wall warts are for toys. The fact that I'd have to carry around an external power supply makes the keyboard a non-starter. They only way I'd ever consider a MODX would be if I modified it and put a real power supply inside the case where it belongs. You have to "carry around" a power cord for the keyboard with an internal supply right? Not much different. Many of us "gigging musicians" don't see a problem. There are a lot of pro pieces of gear that use external power supplies.

Kronos 88! Only had it for about 30 hours so I'm still diving in, but so far, I love it. Gotta find a case for it, the FA case I have is too small by fractions of an inch.

You obviously weren't paying attention to the Key Largo development/release cycle. It'll get released when Radial thinks it's ready. The KL went through numerous iterations of tweak/redesign based on market feedback, so no doubt this is in the same cycle. I missed this the first time around, so I'll suggest you can get a band to play for the night for $25 per player too. Or a Big Mac is less than filet mignon. Also, that Ashley doesn't have MIDI, nor does it support dual redundant laptops via USB connections. So yeah... apples, oranges, and rutabagas, and whatnot. I was looking at my own personal needs, which don't include midi or usb. Just a straight up mixer with flexible routing options.

the footprint doesn't look too bad, but that front bottom post is right were your pedals need to be.

Nola enjoyed my SK1, but she also likes my Electro 5. http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj60/dan88z/8099b1b5-c4f4-4564-955f-95ba95b5e46b_zpssucqjhj7.jpg

How do you make "N M K Y" with your body like you do "Y M C A"? Working at the N M K Y, N M K Y.... that other cut BRW posted is pretty badass!

You can download Movie Maker as a standalone app to run on Win10, I have it on my pc at home.

Thanks Mitch for that explanation.

I respect Mitch too. I'm just saying that if you are an endorsee or sponsored by a product you aren't going to say anything against it. I read his original review of the product when he posted it. Its the same situation with Jim A, he's not going to be negative towards H/S.

The Fazioli/Steinway/Yamaha comparison is hardly analogous to Mojo/XK-5. Even if youre equating the XK to a Steinway or CFX and a Mojo to a Fazioli. Steinways and CFXs are not overpriced in comparison to their real world features nor are they overhyped. Folks like Mitch have thousands of man-hours on these boards most especially in real world mission critical situations. That experience allows for comparisons and judgments that supersede taste and cross over into effective observation. Mitch is also sponsored by Crumar...

Maybe the piano was a piece of crap?

I saw Chick Corea doing this. He didn't look stupid. Chick toured a Montage recently with Steve Gadd on drums. In this video one can see the Minimoog Voyager on an X stand over his Montage. Stupid, stupid, stupid. [video:youtube] Oh the humanity!

Max's video here of the modeled piano sounds much better than the demos posted a few weeks ago. Now they sound legit. Now there is no reason for anyone to hesitate on dropping the coin for the Seven. And no, I'm not drinking the Kool-Aid. If I is was I'd be playing a Casio PX5 or Forte with a Legend Live running through a Ventilator amped up by a Spacestation. That's the Kool-Aid Man's rig. And a couple lounsberry pedals, those are needed to make the most "authentic" organs sound more "authentic"!

Nord released a Rhodes in 2016, and they all still sound great so I'm not sure what they can do to improve them. They have 8 Rhodes and 2 Wurlies available for download. I agree on the clav- having key release and maybe a mute option would be nice- but the reduced functionality is really not an issue because you can use the eq knobs to dial in exactly what the eq buttons would do. I saw somewhere (can't recall right now where) someone had posted up EQ settings that emulated the EQ selections.

I have gig dreams a lot. Usually setting up frantically, or afterwards, but never performing. I remember one where I left my keyboard stand in the dressing room, which was several blocks away. wtf?

I never had anything quite that bad. One time we were playing in a national guard armory and the power came from 100 yards away. My B3 was a half step flat. Another time we were playing this bar and a couple bikers got chairs and put them about 5' away from the band, staring at us. They had a bottle of vodka they snuck in and were trying to drink it on the sly, which wasn't working. Finally one of them stood up and got about a foot away from our guitar player while we're playing Linus and Lucy, and says "you play like a pussy". Finally our sound guy, who might have been 140lbs, went up to them and asked them to move, and they actually did. To this day when I see that guitar player I tell him he plays like a pussy and we have a good laugh. He's a phenomenal player- won Galax, plays guitar, mandolin, banjo, violin, etc.

But rather expensive way to get a better acoustic piano..... What makes you think the Nord has a better piano? what's your basis of comparison? The number of pianos offered by Nord makes the odds of finding one you like higher? Or that you can have a bunch of pianos with different characteristics loaded up at one time so you can choose which one you like based on the song?

Actually, my comment was tongue in cheek, because I think it's ridiculous for Crumar to remove an organ sound from an organ-centric board to fit in the new piano, which we know was an afterthought to begin with. Even on Nords, the only "menu" options you have are filling the flash ram with pianos and samples. The organs are fixed. Also I can't imagine a transistor organ taking up nearly as much memory as a modelled piano.

here you go, just purchase a gemini and here is your dream rig: https://www.musiciansfriend.com/keyboards-midi/orla-jamkey-controller That particular unit appears to have no hammer action, though they offer(ed?) one that did. But it's still not the dream rig in the scenario we're talking about, because it doesn't separate. So you always have to take both manuals even when you only need one, plus even when you need two, you're needing to move one heavy piece instead of two lighter ones. "We're sorry-this item is unavailable."

Nord has released numerous pianos as recently as Dec 2017. The organ engine got tweaks when the Electro 5 came out with enhancements to the Leslie settings.