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If you haven't tried this you're missing out.

Leon epitomized natural born cool.

This significantly increased my strength.

I have received my copy of your thesis, and it is a weighty tome. It's impressive that it contains audio examples of the various concepts, and this will provide an immense amount of information. Thanks for giving me something to do for the next ten years.

Email sent. Thank you.

Agree. The great Jorge Dalto

I never knew that "Every Step You Take" by the Police was about a stalker. That didn't come through at all for me. I never knew till just a few years ago that "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was about a girl getting drunk and sick at a party and turning pale. I thought it was a much nobler narrative than that.

Thank you, Legotoboy, for your detailed and astute review. Think I'm gonna spend.

I'm gassing for the SP6 but don't want an action that is lighter my PX-350. Can anyone help with a compare and contrast? Thanks to all

Korg Plugkey. Great way to connect your midi keyboard to your ipad

A Lounsberry Tall & Fat to go with my SK1.

I am pleased and relieved to report that I have successfully repaired this problem, and didn't break anything else in the process. I did it by replacing the pressure sensitive strip on the PCB. I ordered it from the Midi Store in Arizona. DenCV and Greazy Jim Alfredson pointed me in the right direction, and I found this video on Youtube where the man makes an identical repair on a Nord. I'm now an expert at opening up my SK1 and removing the keyboard, which is actually very simple. Critical to the success of this repair is that you orient the replacement strip correctly. There are two little rubber prongs inside each sensor, which determines the volume of the struck key based on velocity. One is slightly longer than the other, and it should be at the twelve o'clock position when you place the strip into the PCB. Naturally, I got this wrong the first time and found that all of the keys that are contiguous and were using the new strip were equal in volume, but also equally louder than the rest of the keys on the keyboard. I waited till the next day to go at it again, and swiftly removed to keyboard and PCB to find that the strip was indeed opposite of the rest of the strips. I removed it, flipped it around, reassembled enough to test it and voila!, it worked perfectly. The old pressure strip did not look in any way damaged or different than the malfunctioning one, and no debris or soilage was visible. I am beside myself with joy that I did this successfully and saved myself about $200 plus bucks. Thanks for all of your input.

Thanks, DenCV. Time to go buy some q-tips and alcohol. I looked at some other videos, and watched one where a guy replaces a strip of contacts. He described his problem as it applied to his Nord E2, and it was essentially the same as mine. May have to eventually go down that road.

Thanks, Jim. That's how I'll proceed.

When playing the G above middle C with an Ex voice, the note sounds at the maximum volume even with a minimal to moderate key strike. I have found that I can work around the problem by setting the velocity sensitivity to "4" for the patch, which equalizes all of the notes to respond to minimal velocity key strikes. This somewhat solves the problem, since I only use the Ex voices during rehearsal. I opened the unit to inspect for any obvious problems such as debris, etc, and gave the insides a good cleaning out. I removed the G key to inspect the velocity sensor, palpated (a medical term) it and found nothing amiss. The next step would be to removed the PCB to visually inspect it from that angle, but that is beyond my pay grade. Reassembled and is working fine. I did a factory reset, but never thought that would help, since it only affects software settings. I then upgraded to the latest OS, thinking that might have a better chance at the hardware level. No luck. But since I had reset the programs to factory default, I revamped my programs and downloaded all of the available patches from the H/S site and am pleased with the array of favorites I now have. Please if you can, shed any light on this or at least let me know I'm not alone. Thanks to all.

I'm using a NE2 as the lower kb and have tried shifting the octave, and that didn't work either. The good news is I get everything I need by using the "Lower Manual" midi setting, which allows me to shift the octave down. Thanks for replying.

I'm using a second keyboard midi'd to my SK1, assigning the extra voices to it using Extra Voice midi setting. I'm playing the Bass Library voices, and would like to shift the extra voices down an octave, and I can't find a way to do this. I tried the Transpose down buttons, and have tried lowering the octave in the extra voice settings, to no avail. All help appreciated.

"Tom Dowd and the Language of Music" was fascinating. I'd seen his name on albums but didn't know the depth and breadth of the man. I highly recommend it to all.

I haven't done any outdoor gigs with mine, but mine has done 4 hour gigs with no issues, and I don't remember the brick being abnormally warm or hot to the touch. I purchased a second power supply which I leave at the house, and the other never leaves the gig bag. Have you bought a backup?

I agree. I love seeing creative people at work.

Because the purpose was to create and SK2 equivalent, the lower keyboard's controls aren't available due to being positioned directly under the SK1. I originally used and still have available a Kawai K1 that I disassembled and sanded down the key edges to create my own waterfall keyboard. The NE2 is a better keyboard for the job and I picked it up cheap. Your cabinet is very nice and your stand looks very stable. What kind of jazz do you play with your rig? The chrome stand is so cool that it's scary. Reminds me of the Terminator skeleton. Thank you and David for your responses.

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDM3WDc3OA==/z/V4wAAOSw7NNUFOhs/$_1.JPGhttp://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDM3WDc3OA==/z/3GwAAOSwQItUFOhS/$_1.JPGhttp://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDM3WDc3OA==/z/tjsAAOSwd4tUFOhl/$_1.JPG This is my custom cabinet that my friend the master cabinet maker made that essentially converts my SKI to an SK2. It sits on any suitable stand. I haven't gigged with it yet as I originally intended, because I use a different setup for gigs, and the woodwork is so fine that I couldn't bear to have it scratched.

You are most welcome, Kenny. It feels great to help a colleague. I too have implemented a suggestion in my rig that I got from this forum. This is such a wonderful resource.

I use an OnStage RS7000, which is an amp stand. I stand my 4 space rack on it's end and face it so it tilts toward me, and it sits a little above belt high. I position at a right angle to my PX350. It takes up less space on stage when standing upright at a slight tilt. I stand while I play on this gig, so it's just the right height. Also the viewing angle is very good, since you look slightly down on the units, and don't have to bend any to see all of the panels.

I saw Uriah Heep in Atlanta in "73 at the Municipal Auditorium. I was 16, and it was the tour for "Demon's and Wizards". We rushed the stage, and I was about 15 feet from the band. At that moment, there was no place on earth I would rather have been.