Supplementing my S90ES with two keyboards...what should i do?

[waelk89]

My Yamaha S90ES is a little too big, and i'd like something more portable. I was thinking maybe a lightweight yamaha that's not as heavy (for piano and string sounds) and either a CX-3 or Little Phatty. Obviously the last two are pretty different, I'm leaning more towards the Phatty, but really don't know what to do. I'd like to get two that add up to about $2000 (I'd sell my S90ES for probably $1800). I'd like to pay as little difference as possible.

Any help would be great, thanks!

[Omega Monkey]

Then youre not supplementing the S90 youre replacing it. Which is a much different scenario.

I would say maybe go for a Motif ES6 and some sort of VA. The Moog is cool because its analog and all, but its only mono and is going to be really limited in what you can do with it.

You might even be able to get the ES6, some sort of rack VA (like a Supernova, Nord Rack, JP8080, or MS2000R, etc...) AND get some kind of "clone wheel" (maybe even a module version like an OB3) and stay in or near your budget. But then you would have to program everything to be controlled by the Motif keyboard, which would be a little trickier than having 2 61's at your disposal.

[jeebustrain]

Get the afore mentioned ES6 and a Fusion 6HD. The Fusion gives you VA, FM, PM, and an absolutely gargantuan Sample library with some awesome emulations of older gear (go here (http://www.promusicproducts.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2023) for a list). The only real weakness for the Fusion (IMHO) is the organs - the Leslie just isn't quite there enough and I can't get the overdrive to do what I can do with my B4 VST. Luckily, I think the organs on the Motif fill in that gap pretty nicely.

[Grey Loki]

Plus, the VA sounds nice, too - some of the stuff i've tried (especially softsynths, for some reason) sounds very buzzy and generally...crap, but the Fusion VA has a nice warmth to it, whilst still being able to cut through mixes if you should so desire.