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twobeelandscape a \ufffdcrit :
> GAIA SH01 keyboard
> \ufffd very direct access, pretty much one control per function. However
> it took a retro step too far for me - no display or patch names, only
> bank and patch numbers. I haven't heard one but the reviews are
> enthusiastic
I missed one...
The GAIA sounds very nice, "Roland style" (think JP 8000, SH32 ...) of 
course. But IMHO the keyboard is too "short" for normal polyphonic 
keyboard play, let's say the standard "chords at left hand and soloing 
with the right hand". Very strange indeed, because the GAIA can play up 
to 64 notes(!). I guess it's some marketing trick, make a little white 
box with a little keyboard and a handful of knobs, and ...yes ! it's the 
reincarnation of the mono SH of old ...
If you need an external decent MIDI keyboard to use it as a sound module 
it is not so cheap.
Cheers.
J.F.