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Hi guys. I've been reading the forums a lot lately (probably a bit too much, lol) and noticed a majority of you guys do quite a bit of MIDI work. I've never messed with MIDI other than importing a MIDI file into a DAW and assigning them instruments based on what it tells me it is. I play in a 3 piece cover band and some of the songs have other instruments (i.e. horn section, some random type instruments here and there). One of my friend's band uses a Roland X-60 (I believe that's the model) to sequence all their parts that require the same thing. I believe they send a click to the drum and he counts off for them. I would like to do the same thing. I've been looking at the Korg X50 and the Roland Juno-G. Do you guys recommend any of these? I would like to be able to use DP to help create my sequence and then import it to the keyboard for live performance. I assume it's all done in MIDI. Maybe these keyboards won't do what I think they will. Any help would be appreciated to point in the right direction for my over all goal. Thanks again.

There are two options out there that are somewhat affordable ($1,000) that offer a good sequencer, but also good sounds for the money. One of those is certainly the Roland Juno-G as this is a compact instrument with a wide variety of really good sounds that isn't terribly expensive. Another option is the Alesis Fusion6, but not the normal model--I'm referring to our own Sweetwater edition. The original unit is decent, but I'm not a fan of the factory sound programs. Under the hood, it's quite powerful actually--just the "tuning" isn't as good as it could be. We re-programmed the instrument and offer our own special edition for the same price that is quite improved to say the least with very good sounds.

Motif ES is a powerhouse, with 8 sets of insert effects, 128 voice polyphony and a sequencer. I use its sounds along with VIs in most of my productions. But it IS by Yamaha, so the learning curve is a bit steep. The breath controller option is so cool for live horn doubling.

HCMarkus

I totally agree the Yamaha es is a great piece of equipment. I use to own one and love it once i got past the learning curve.