88 Key Keyboard Reccomendation

[scotttheencoder]

Folks:

What would be a good performance keyboard with 88 keys be?

I have a fantom-S 61 and a budget of 1200 right now.
I want a 88 key keyboard to take on the road simply to play at shows. The fantom will stay home most of the time.

My 2 contenders are the Yamaha s08 or the Kurz PC1X.

I don't need a sequencer and am not interested in a roland.
It seems wasteful to buy another keyboard with a sequencer when I have the fantom already. Otherwise I'd look at the 88 key motif or triton.

Should I maybe buy a motif rack and a 88 controller instead?

Any thoughts?

I would be willing to entertain a 76er, but only if the sounds are phenomenal. I tried the triton le 76 and was not very impressed. It was nice, but didn't give me any tingly feeling like our fantom or the Motif did.

[rbarkhouse]

If all you're looking for is a controller, you might consider a Doepfer:

http://www.doepfer.de/pk88.htm

This is nice because you're not paying for any extra sounds or fancy features, just a great quality 88 key controller (built into it's own flight case!)

Edit: ah just read your post again, I was assuming you'd be using the FS as your sound source -- still if you decide to get a rack module like a Motif rack then this would be a good companion.

Rick Barkhouse

[scotttheencoder]

Thanks Rich.

I'm going to wait a while and perhaps do the controller thing.

[Rordog]

It has a motif sound set in it I believe. Sounds really good to me.