I've played on 61 key boards since the late 80's. Mainly in country bands with heavy piano, epiano, organ, strings, etc. I started playing left hand bass in the late 80's and the semi-weighted worked much better for this to me. I don't have to play bass much anymore and just do the piano, strings, organ type stuff with country or classic rock/pop bands. It's much easier to travel and as I get older I appreciate the lighter weight of a 61 key. It's all a matter of personal preference and what you adapt to. I'm mainly a Roland user with the exception of a Roli Seaboard I keep in the home studio. The FA06 is not near the keybed of my older Fantom so I use the Fantom as a controller and the 06 for voices. On small shows I will play just the 06 and get by with it. I probably would have purchased the 76 key FA07 if it was available when I bought the FA06 since it's suppose to have a better keybed.