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What is the OS in your P2k? There have been frequent revisions. 
Perhaps the midi choking you are experiencing has been fixed - I've 
never had the problem.


--- In logic-ot@y..., Barry Michael <dzogchen2002@y...> wrote:
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>  Joeri V said:
> "I'm looking into the following options:
> * Roland XV5080
> * Korg Trition Rack
> * Emu Proteus 2000"
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> 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
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> BarryM 
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