That means you will have to buy a board that allows you to upload the sample to RAM. You won't get piano reality, mind you, like I am describing, on any of the machines you have read about. Sweetwater's Ultimate Grand v.3 is the one to get, and it's cheap now - $100. But you won't get it without a killer sample, which you will need to buy additionally. I think it might be fun to program, too.Д«ut for piano reality, the Kurzweil is the one to own, bar none. I liked the Triton Extreme when I visit stores, because of its presets. Just not very well thought out in its logic. Motif, by the way, is a dog at sequencing, according to my friend who owns one. K2600SД«ut if you don't want to drop close to $4,000 on a the best workstation. IF you are going to want to add sounds, then you definitely want the Sample version, noted with a 'S' after the model number - i.e. If you have the desire to build or change sounds, actually fairly easy, but you'll want to read through the 2 or 3 owner's manuals, many times, which, by the way, are extremely excellent, well-written and indexed. The good news is too lengthy to write about here, except for one important point for you - you can take the Kurzweil K2600 out of its box and begin playing it immediately, and changing program sounds is simple. Like Noisewreck, I too am a Kurzweil owner who swears by it, but have to tell realistically tell people: 'It's a DEEEEEEEEEEP instrument that will have you awed for years.'

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