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OMG !!!! I thought it was just me. I'm in the exact same condition. Had Lasik early 2000, absolutely loved not having to wear glasses, except for reading. Last couple years had to return to glasses and hate it. I inquired about having a touchup, but doctor said I was too old for Lasik and had to opt for glasses. Bitch getting old.

Yes. All the Kurzweils do, all the Rolands do, the Korg Kronos does it and as one of the last in the club, Nord does it on its newest models with seamless switching. Practically, every other (mainstream) keyboard with seamless switching works this way. Nobody ever complained here. And now that I pointed out how Montage/Modx works different, suddenly it becomes a problem! I understand. But being a weekend warrior and old as dirt, I try to use only one board and I find this limitation a deal breaker for me.

Ok. Just my observation with regard to SST or Patch-hold, whatever you want to call it. Personally, I don't like using the touchscreen for changing sounds, because unless you hit it exactly right, you may change to wrong sound. I find using the buttons far more accurate that touch screen. Just my observation.. What I REALLY like about Karma Scene buttons for SST, I can change sounds up to four times without a cutoff of sound using sustain pedal. I can have splits and change to another multi w/o cutting off sound. Also, I can layer sounds using the Scene buttons. Such as, Strings on button one, hit button 2 and piano sounds w/o cutoff of sound. also I can layer the piano and strings by hitting button below scene buttons, and still have organ on scene 3 and synth on scene 4. Hope this makes sense. Thank.

one can program the status of a part in a performance as being soloed or muted. In that way, you can change from one sound to another one but the sound will be cutoff immediately simply because the solo and mute works as on an ordinary mixer. It solos/mutes instantly. Thanks for the info. The seamless switching of sounds is a must have for me for live performance so I'd have to take a pass on this board. The Kronos, between SST and using the Karma Scene buttons for switching sounds works flawlessly. If the issue is that it does not seamlessly switch sounds within a Performance, couldn't you get around this just by taking your four Scenes and instead making them four adjacent Performances? But I agree, SSS should work within a Performance. In live performance, I see no need for a traditional Mute/Solo mixer function that cuts off previous sounds. If I understand correctly, what you're describing sounds more like, "seamless switching works with the sustain pedal down, but the depressed pedal will not sustain subsequently played notes until you release and again depress the sustain pedal," is that right? No. Let me explain how I do it on the Kronos. I have four scene buttons. I can assign up to 16 different programs on any scene button. Say I have scene button one I have four programs to get a huge string section, Scene button 2 I have a piano program assigned, scene button 3 I have organ assigned and scene button 4 I have a synth pad with eight programs assigned. I can play scene button 1, strings, hold down the sustain pedal, hit scene button 2 and the strings will continue to play until I lift off the pedal, all while I'm playing piano assigned to scene button 2. All of this is within a combination.

Honestly, if organ would be so important to me, I'd rather use a dedicated keyboard instead of fiddling around with a laptop/tablet on a modx with hammerweighted keys. I'm absolutely sure the scene buttons work in the same way as on the montage. (I'm saying that because I don't own the modx). For the scenes, one can program the status of a part in a performance as being soloed or muted. In that way, you can change from one sound to another one but the sound will be cutoff immediately simply because the solo and mute works as on an ordinary mixer. It solos/mutes instantly. While asking about holding the sustain pedal, here I have to say that Yamaha screwed it up in a hardly understandable way. Seamless switching doesn't work for the sustain pedal. If you play a piano sound, hold the sustain pedal and switch to another piano or e.piano sound, the sustain will be reset! You have to depress and press the sustain pedal again for the new sound but depressing will logically cutoff the previous piano sound. This is a highly unmusical implementation and I reported it over in the yamahasynth forum, but as with most big companies, they don't see a problem because "seamless switching works as intended". And it does if you hold a sound with your hands and then switch to a new sound. But those natural switches with one piano sound decaying of while a new one plays, they are impossible on the montage/modx by just switching from one performance to another one and holding the sustain pedal. The only way to overcome this problem is to use the Alternative Switch buttons and put two pianos into a performance and program one piano as being on while the switch is inactive and the other piano part to be off. By pressing the AS button in that case the old piano will continue to sustain if you hold the sustain pedal and blend in with the new one. Thanks for the info. The seamless switching of sounds is a must have for me for live performance so I'd have to take a pass on this board. The Kronos, between SST and using the Karma Scene buttons for switching sounds works flawlessly. Thanks again.

Question on the scene buttons. In a performance there are four scene buttons. Is it possible to program say three or four sounds on scene button one and a piano on scene two button, organ on scene three and three or four different synth programs on scene button four? And --- If I change buttons from say one to three while holding down the sustain pedal, will the sound sustain without cutoff of sound until I let up on the sustain pedal? Thanks. Just wondering.

Like the SP6, it has to be the ugliest board I've ever seen. Love the sounds, but what the hell were they thinking????

I don't know what in the world Kurzweil was thinking in designing the SP6. While it hits most boxes on my list, I can't get past the awful fugly look of this thing. It just seems to be much larger than need be and those ping-pong paddles on the backside, what the -- Just my humble opinion, but ugh.

Was Aspen at Namm this year?

Keith, Chick, Gino Vanelli, Steve Morris (I know, I know) Claude Debussy.

This is going to sound really shallow, but I'm really having a hard time coming to grips with the design of the SP6. I want to like this board in the worst way, and I may end up picking one up, but damn, what the hell were they thinking in the design? It's 6 inches in height. It looks two ping-pong paddles on the back of this board. I thought the design of the PC3, PC3K all looked professional but the SP6 -- Ummm, we'll see. And don't get me started on a case for this thing. I really like the weight of the SP6 and this old geezer might just have to put up with the funky-azz design.

I copied this from another site regarding the desktop editor. I hope that's okay. "The Desktop Editor will allow complete program, fx and multi edition and it will be the only way that you would be able to change things like FX Chains in a program, for example. The SP line, "Stage Piano", is Kurzweil's most simple and easy line of pro keyboards. So, in the unit itself, you can do very simple stuff, but what you really get is a pretty awesome sound for a very affordable price. For people that want to control more stuff inside the unit we have other products, like Forte or Forte SE. Regards, Fran"

256 factory presets plus 1024 user presets for programs. Another 1024 user presets for multis. You can access them directly with the 10-key keypad. So, it's a kind of roundabout way of having 15 Favorites buttons.

When Kurzweil releases the editor for the SP6 is when I'll make my decision. I'm hoping for full VAST and FX editing, but not holding my breath.

Going to check this board out when it comes out. Want to see how editable VAST is using the editor (available soon). What I don't understand about Kurzweil, this board has 1024 user programs, why not load up those user programs with best of Forte/PC3 instead of leaving them blank. Frankly 256 factory programs, is nothing compared to what the other manufactures provide.

Hmmm. Looks like there will be an editor, so I'm assuming VAST editing will be possible. No sampling is ok with me, but not have the 1/8 " analog inputs so I could at least use an iPad for samples might be a deal breaker for me. Love the weight of this thing though. I'm old.

Is there a difference between this and the Forte Se, besides weight and key action?

Okay. I've been lurking this forum for a few years, posted a number of times. It's way past time I introduce myself. It's probably easier if I just direct you all to my website. My name is Kevin. There are some incredible players on this forum. I get inspired by much of your playing as well as knowledge. Thanks to one and all. www.kevinkreismusic.com

Oh, what the hell. I'll put one up here. Little piece I put together for my son. One of these days I'll have to correct some of the timing errors. Fusion/prog/Sammy Davis.