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i bought the f8 and jupiter x. love them both in their own ways.

get the 6. if you want more keys get a controller

ive the f8 and it has aftertouch. if you are a pianist then get the 8.

no whine jupiter x serial number high 700's

not the keyboards fault - its the pedal.

im using roland pedals on the fantom and X and the hold works as expected.

My vote is to MERGE also.

ahhhh shipping is nigh!!!

At NAMM, Scott Berry told me April. I believe him.

its normal.

I too sold my Jp80, but to get the JP X. already had the F8. i agree the Fantom system (zen core) is worth it.

:p meanwhile im still on shipped firmware on my F8. had it since launch. I have used the instrument very often in a project i'm trying to finish up. have not had the unit freeze or lock up. Im diggin the updates to the sampling and sequencing section so will look forward to that when im done. despit...

I'm still on 1.04.. ;) thanks for the heads up. Hi Marctonixx: I sincerely suggest you, at least update to version 1.10. (I would go to 1.11). This update corrects unwanted behaviors and important errors that version 1.04 has and also incorporates the ability to expand new patches available on the ...

I'm still on 1.04.. ;)

thanks for the heads up.

ive had no formal piano training and ive had the f8 since launch. its much different than playing on the jupiter 80 that i also have but ive learned to get used to it. the op will be able to get used to the 88 key.

not sure what you mean by "better to handle" but the X will satisfy a LOT of cats. I can't wait to get my copy. The Xm's sound is soo vast and huuuge.. the 4 speakers on this sucker are really quality and you can be up and jammin in under 10 seconds. I have so much fun with the Xm (still l...

I got you OP. back in the 90s I would do the same thing.. just create some tracks and burn them to disk and play whilst I go on.. I still do that to this day but now i just stream... I respect a person who still uses old school techniques to record. hardware is just easy and simple, and i wish you t...