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Arturia all the way. Loads of fun and tons of sounds. Unless you’re a Korg purist, of course.

So they just added one more piano to the RD-88 and called it the EX. And if you’ve already got the original, they want you to download the piano from Roland Cloud for $99. No other enhancements whatsoever. Heck, upgrading hardware is a hell of a job.

That’s what I’m hoping for too. Didn’t get the PC4-7 as I already had and still love the PC4 big mama.

Didn’t know that. I guess it will be even worse on the Grandstage X as that one has more patch memory to load. On the other hand, the Vox Continental boots up quite instantly, probably because of its smaller memory footprint.

Where that Electro 7 when you need it…

The new Bösendorfer proves that Pianoteq has arrived. Version 8.3 sounds as good or better than sampled grands. And still plays way better, of course.

Same here. But now that I’m slowly heading for my own 70’s I guess this still is where it’s at.

Good sounds walkthrough:

Sorry, never tried the Casio.

Can’t check that iPad connection now, Paul, but I can tell you I really like the keybed feel. Of course it’s nothing like my RD-88, which is weighted, but I do prefer it to the MODX I had and even to my CK61. I would call it joyfully playable, not too heavy (like the RD) and not too light (like the MODX). All in all the Go:Keys 3 is worth more than it costs, I’d say at least twice the asking price, while the 5 is in CK61 territory, and then I’d prefer the latter (although I bought both). Hope this helps.

Good idea, but I got to get back home for that, mid July at the latest. Maybe I’ll even get a Teo 5 in the meantime. Could be fun to compare both!

Pretty nice indeed. But still pretty digital…

I find Zen-Core hardware sounds absolutely incredible, even those creamy pads and strings, while the acoustic and electric pianos sound pretty good. But I also believe the SuperNatural pianos in my RD-88 are at least as fine. Then again, I’d prefer running Pianoteq.

Love my Take 5 and its five Prophet voices as much as I disliked the Hydrasynth’s diginoise, good riddance. But while the Take 5 is sheer Sequential bliss, I wouldn't get the Teo 5 as those continuous Oberheim pads do need more than five voices indeed.

The way I understand it is you start with 1000 included Zen-Core sounds and then add more soundpacks through Roland Cloud, but only Go:Keys 5 allows you to add actual wave expansions. Haven’t received my 5 yet though.