quality is great with metal chassis and the wooden endpieces are very well

designed. It is pretty heavy, but I can live with it. Sounds: Well, the general

quality is good. Personally I've been a little bit disappointed with piano

sounds. That's why I'm saving money for the Stereo Grand Piano Plus-QuadraCard,

that ought to "do the trick", eh ;). Drum sounds are VERY good. There are some

magnificient strings in ROM, and synth sounds and loops are a dream-come-true

for a dance musician. However QS6 does offer tools for every kind of musicians.

I don't mean that with it you have E4X-kind of quality with every sound there is

(8 Megs of ROM, remember), you can't expect that, I mean, it's very affordable

(I got mine with about 1000$). But perhaps the best thing with QS6, that I

appriciate, is Alesis' architechture. I do a lot of dance music, and the thing

that you can have any MIDI-channel as a drum channel, is a HEAVEN. A VERY big

thanks to Alesis for it. When I bought my QS6, I seriously considered Roland

XP-10 and Korg X5(D) too. However QS6 won in my heart. XP-10 has some great

sounds onboard but it has only 28-voice polyphony. And although it has nice

drums, you can only use two drum channels at the time. I know that with XP-10

you can make your own custom drum sets, but if you think the matter more

seriously, it's pretty timetaking and the people who make dance music, know that

the freedom that Alesis offers, is incredible. With this channel-thing X5(D) is

similar with QS6, but it has very little drum kits (only 8, anyway good quality)

and so Alesis was the right choice for me. But I can say, that an XP-10 or an

X5(D) would be a great addition to my rig, they're all good synths. Effects in

the QS6 are OUTSTANDING! Chips straight from the QuadraVerb 2(!), and you can

hear it in the quality. At first FX were a bit difficult to use, but when you

learn their secrets, they're a breeze. I can't find anything really bad about

my QS6. Well, the buttons are a bit clumsy. My only tears with this machine of

mine come whenever I think about QS7 or QS8...(sigh). I just couldn't afford

one of those babies... But at the moment I'm very happy. I AM very anxious to

try the QuadraCards...

For every single human being (or alien) out there: People who have QS6s (or other instruments, doesn't matter), please, feel free

to e-mail me your feelings and opinions about this awesome instrument. Your

MIDI-files will do too. I would like to meet you and have new friends with

music. I guess you could say that I like every kind of music, so it isn't a

problem. My own music is very melodic and my styles vary from classical to

dance. Remember, that the best things in life are nice girls and music.