JRNYMAN wrote:G.I.Jim wrote:JRNYMAN wrote:G.I.Jim wrote:You are all giving me some awesome ideas and suggestions!!! Thanks.
I'm sitting at the house right now waiting for UPS to deliver my newest toy. Its a new Roland Juno Gi keyboard. I bought it specifically for this project because it's LOADED with 80's sounds that Sean loves so much!
please keep the danceable song ideas coming!
The Juno Gi flat out ROCKS! Sooooooo many possibilities wrapped into that little tidy little package, no?! LOVE the d-beam or what ever the Hell it's called... that's just too freakin' cool. I've always liked Roland and Oberheim products. They produce such fat, rich sounds and then give you a bazillion things you can do with it once you've produced it!
Sweet keyboard!
Very true! I've been partial to the Motif for years, but I wanted something light weight to tote around to practices.
My Motif XS8 is a monster, and I swear that with the case... it's 100 lbs! 
My back isn't what it used to be, and I'm going to give myself a serious back problem lifting it in and out of my truck once a week. Not to mention the fact that I paid $3800 for it, and I don't want to damage it!
The Juno Gi is loaded with 1300 sounds (many of which are amazing!), and only weighs 15 lbs.
It cost just over a 4th what I paid for the motif, so I won't be as worried about messing it up. I still prefer most of the Motif's sounds over the Roland, but this board is awesome for gigging. It'll add to the sounds I already have, and I'll be playing both boards when we actually play the gigs. I'll only be using the Roland for rehearsals though.
And Michael... NO!!!
Back in the day, my keyboard kit was just ridiculous in terms of weight and number of components necessary to reproduce all the sounds necessary for the respective catalogs of the bands I played in. At one time, my kit consisted of the following:
Fender/Rhodes 88 suitcase
Hammond B3 w/ rotating Leslies
Maxi Korg
MicroMoog
Then.... Yamaha came out with the DX-7 and changed the scope of music from a keyboardist's point of view! No more big, heavy, clunky components being shlepped around. It was awesome! I did, however, continue to use my Hammond for obvious reasons but other than that, I was extremely happy when the digital age began.
Are you a Kurzweill fan? Just curious. Amazing keyboards but the learning curve.... Woof! Steve Walsh seems to have no trouble with them though.
I'm jealous of the Hammond! DAMN you can't replicate those things!! There are some decent sounds available on some boards out there, but you can tell the difference between a keyboard and a hammond. I wouldn't want to lug one around, but I sure would love one in my studio.
I sold most of my stuff a few years back, but at one point I had 5 boards! I had an Ensoniq TS-10, Motif ES6, Motif XS8, Korg Karma, and a Roland Midi controller but can't remember the model. The last board I bought and sold 6 months later was the Korg M50. I hated that thing!
I hated the quality of the keys, and mostly just how Korg sets their boards up in general.
Honestly, I liked the Korg Karma better, and was kicking myself after I sold it. I had that baby loaded with 1500 sounds and there wasn't much I couldn't cover with it. I always used it while playing with my Motif ES6, and used it when I played with Frontiers. It had some cool sounds, and great action on the keys. Oh well, it looks like the Juno will fill the roll of the Karma.
