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ProfessorGAC

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6. Ultimately, I Ended Up With...
Wed Dec 10, 2025, 03:34 PM
Wednesday

...an Alesis QS-8.1. I had an Ensoniq SQ-2 on the second tier.
I has 4 MIDId tone modules in my rack. So, 6 total instruments. I stayed with that for the last 11 years that we gigged.
I still have the Alesis. Still the best weighted action I've ever played on an instrument meant to be moved. I think it's even better than the Nord, which is all the rage now.
I've played a Yamaha Clavinove with a fantastic keyboard but that this was made for a home or business to be set up & left there. Wouldn't be anything I'd want to move gig to gig.
The best synth action I ever used was the DX-7. But, I replaced it the the SQ-2 for the other 12 keys & bought a TX-802 for the rack, so I still had FM tones on my pallette.
But, since I don't perform, I really don't use any of it. If I want to play piano, I've got the genuine article for that.

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