Hi all.
It's interesting to read all the different likes/dislikes surrounding the announcement of a new keyboard. Kurzweil are a small player in a big market, and we can assume they're interested in increasing their market share. To that end, they would have done much research and development, and conducted extensive user surveys to try and establish what features would be popular in a new release.
They've come up with the PC4, and it looks to be based extensively on the SP6 (which I own). Dave W assures us that this has been a big success, and coming personally from 40 years of gigging with 61-note synths (still largely using my beloved Korg N364), I really like it. With my background the action seems fine to me. I have all the PC3 legacy sounds loaded and that's plenty of sounds. The best I can come up with by way of a criticism is that I can't understand why user multis don't start from #1, instead of #1248 or whatever it is. I'm also a little disappointed that some 4-zone user multis are losing effects.
For me personally there's not enough in the PC4 to tempt me to upgrade. I'd like the aftertouch, but I only really use it on organ sounds, I can bring that in with the sustain pedal (confuses the hell out of me but I'll get used to it). I don't need 16-zone multis as I only ever play live and never record. And if I'm losing effects on 4-zone multis Also not interested in sequencer, arpeggiators etc.
But if they bring out a 76 key version I'm all over it like a rash. I mean who ever uses the top and bottom 5 notes or so on an 88? 76 will go across the back seat of my car and be lighter.
Just my two penn'orth.