Keyboard Decision

[Ael]

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=040320154410067086162098896930/g=key/search/detail/base_pid/701685V/

Can someone tell me the pros and cons of that keyboard? I want to use it for some home stuff, but also to record my own songs, and maybe professionally when I jam with friends, and I think this has most of what I will need, that the SP88X does not...someone tell me if this is a good buy or not?

[Jerry]

Pros:

- Wide range of sounds
- Good Action
- Professional Gear. Great controller if you choose to expand with rack gear
- I find Kurzweil sounds to be warm and playable


Cons
- Not as much flexibility in customizing each sound as you would get with an 88 key rompler synth like a fantom, s80, etc.
- However the above con is over-rated. I do extensive synth programming, and 90% of that benefit is to define unusual or unique sounds. Most sounds need only some eq and reverb tweaking to sit in a mix. The PC2 will provide this.
- I have no positive or negative experience with this particular retailer, but buying a musical instrument sight unseen poses several risks. One of them is psychological: getting advice from an internet site can only go so far. It's better if you play it and decide you want it.

Best,

Jerry

[Ael]

I'm going to play on one soon, I just chose that site cause it had a link to the picture/model of the keyboard for people to look at.

Thank you very much on your input, so all in all, if I'm just playing and doing minor tweaking to sound (not extensive like you described), it is a good keyboard to get?