BigJPatton

They look great, but I wonder how much better stage coverage they offer with the 105° Axisymetric? is it better than the K series 105° Conical? seems very similar to me.

I'll never be a fan of carrying two powered speakers, I did it for a short time and it's just too much, I'd rather deal with a lesser sound and not have the extra piece to grab, more pieces = more trips, one amp only please. But this could very well be a winner, it's a touch big for me at 29x17x16", but I'll deal with that if it wails, and I agree that the SPL should be just fine because of it's large sound field, we shall see. I'm not concerned about the weight, I think all this lighter, lighter, lighter stuff has gone too far, I'll lug some weight for the right advantage, and this could be it.

I don't think that it's "bass light", it's just a more realistic Hammond low end, which is not as punchy as clones have been, and this is the first thing I noticed about my Mojo and was thrilled with, smears sound so much better on the Mojo than any other clone. To me the low end of other clones sounds very "techno", which is a huge turn off IMO, but that techno bass is also very big which would explain a new Mojo player to wonder about this.

Looks very nice! I like the no preset keys on the compact, I think it's a useless feature on many clones, just takes up space and adds weight, smart move!

I pretty much disagree with everything in this post, well, except for the MIDI stuff, but I don't MIDI.

The lower price shouldn't bother any old Numa owners, it's been years, when the original was released the market was very different than today, the old Numa was heads and shoulders better then the rest for sound, layout and weight, that's not the case anymore, they had to make the new model irresistible to those that are looking for a clone but question the Numa reliability.

The price is amazing. But I don't hear much improvement over the original, and it's not as cool looking, making it smaller was a bad idea, the Numa was the perfect size, small enough to be portable, yet big enough to have a presence, and have an organ vibe, this trend of making boards as little as possible sucks IMO, lightweight yes.

Yup, add drawfaders to the SP4-7, the new pianos and a few other small touches and you have a winner IMO, keep the price at about $1200 as well. Funny you might mention that as I have been silently wondering while watching this thread if Kurzweil's TBA secret product mentioned elsewhere might be a product like that... Hope so, the other thing I like about the Kurz is a minimal length, size is an issue for me, many others as well, so I prefer boards that don't add 10 inches in length for controls that can easily sit up top and save some real estate on the stand and case I'm hauling.

Yup, add drawfaders to the SP4-7, the new pianos and a few other small touches and you have a winner IMO, keep the price at about $1200 as well.

For a board that does nothing exceptionally well but cover all the bases, and has some shortcomings that are hard to ignore, this thing really gets the board talking. To me this just shows that people want something like this without having to spend $2K, it's a great idea, but maybe not possible, Kurzweil should give it a shot, with their new acoustic pianos and the KB3 they could really deliver IMO if they ditch the complex OS and go simple performance board like this.

People are debating this keyboard so much because players want something like this, I want something like this, its a great concept, but Im about to buy something else because they simply missed with a few small things like a better keybed and adding another octave so that playing pianos live is doable, 61 is fine for organ and synths but crap for pianos, so if you want to produce a swiss army knife at least cover the basics, I can live without top notch organs, just give me good enough, but do not skimp on the keys.

Yeah, I've been playing dumps my whole life and can count the times I've seen gear damaged on my thumb and forefinger, making a circle for zero. I'd rather spend the same money on an older clone if I were on a budget and looking for an organ for gigs personally, because while I've only heard the clips they don't really impress like I would expect on a board touting a dedicated organ section, I think even an Electro 2 would be better and with that you get waterfall keys. To me this is a nice option for rehearsal or for a top board to add a few sounds to the meat and potatoes, but I'd have a hard time walking into a gig with just the VR-09, especially with just 61 keys.

This board is a great concept that I think other makers will follow with, Nord has always kind of been alone in this niche but too expensive, because a lightweight, Swiss Army Knife board like this is generally only needed IMO for practice or to accompany a bigger board that will cover the bulk of the work, so that need does not justify a $2K price, but again, I really like the performance board concept without the menus and touchscreens and having dedicated buttons right there for everything. For me I use organ 90% so I have a good clone but would also like some decent acoustic/electric pianos in a small, light package to go up top, so something like this would be perfect.... but it just misses IMO. I don't care about the issues in this thread, seems nitpicky to me for a board like this, if you need that kind of stuff just get something else, to me this board misses because of the 61 keys, too little for pianos, I also hate the joystick, move the USB to the back, get rid of the D-Beam, add another octave of keys and put a standard pitch/mod wheel up where the USB slot is, then you have a winner that I would probably buy, but I'll pass because of this issue.

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They would have bad their fame but the music would not have been as good, the Rhodes bass sound was so important, it stood out in the mix much more than a B3 would have, and the Vox had that simple sound that I hated when I was young, but love now, I think all the players in the band were really important to their lasting success, but Jim is actually the one that many didn't like in my early music circles, he was the pretty boy poet, the others were the "sound". I think if Ray used a B3 for all those songs they would be just another classic rock band instead of the USA's greatest classic rock band, it was that important.