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[mesmith]

Hi all,
I have a Kronos 73 and love it... except for the weighted keys when I'm playing organ/synth leads that are more suitable for a synth action keyboard. Short of buying another Kronos 61 I decided that I'd take a chance on a Roland A800 Pro. I figured that it would have similar action to my Jupiter 80 -- after all, it's a Roland! Unfortunately the keys are slightly smaller that full size and it's just not working out.

So, I'm in search of a 61 key synth action full size controller for my Kronos. I've looked at many of the controllers out there and the keys are mainly crap. I've pretty much concluded that such a controller doesn't exist. So I figured I'd just buy a used synth as a controller for my Kronos.

Surely I haven't been the first to deal with this. What suggestions do you guys have?

Mark

[Derek Cook]

Hi

Not sure if it would suit your particular organ technique, but I am a big fan of Yamaha semi-weighted keybeds. I have a Kronos X 61, which is very nice as my top tier keyboard, but prefer a 76 note controller for the bottom tier. So I recently replaced my EX5 with a Montage as I couldn't find a semi-weighted 76 note controller that I liked (and of course I get the Montage sounds as well as the Kronos).

So I would look out for a second hand Yamaha to try which has their semi-weighted action. DX7, SY77, EX5 or EX7, Motif.... Or I have heard that some Korgs shared the same keybed (like the M1, 01/W?)
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