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Joeri V said:
"I'm looking into the following options:
* Roland XV5080
* Korg Trition Rack
* Emu Proteus 2000"

Joeri, I am currently using a P2K w/ Holy Grail ROM. I am Very happy with it, and would suggest it for anyone, no matter the musical style (although the Virtuoso is probably better for pure orchestral style arranging). The Grail is my main piano, and lacking any other better one, I am pretty happy with it. I have not used the Triton rack, although I love the Triton KB units. Especially the big dog w/ weighted KB. I would agree with serindippity that most of the presets are "wet" compared to the Proteus. I like the Proteus because the presets Are dryer and that Does make them fit into your arrangments better/easier. I have always played the Triton "alone", and really do not have a feel for how well it would fit with other non-Triton parts. I have been very seriously looking at the Roland 5080 myself. It seems like the most expandable of these units you mentioned, and there seems to be a wider range of ROMs available. Everybody I know says that the Roland ROMs are the most "realistic" samples you can get, if that is what you are looking for. I think that because of cost, I will probably opt for another Emu platform such as the Planet Earth, and then just max out the capacity of the two Emu boxes. I find that more than about 4 parts out of the Proteus, and you start to get midi chokes. You would have to have pretty simple parts to use all of it's polyphony. I am curious about the 5080 in that regard. I love the sounds in the Planet Earth, and I will buy it next, with a couple Roms for it. But the 5080 w/ a bunch of Roms, a small controller KB, and a laptop with LAP, would sure make a great portable system. By the way, the Virtuoso unit would also make a killer ROM platform. It's sounds are really awesome if you are doing symphonic/string section type stuff, like soundtracks or scoring. It has the most realistic violas, cellos, harps, bassoons, oboes, four part sections, that I have heard. Luck

BarryM 





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