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Back in the late 80's I worked in a store that sold Yamaha organs and Clavinovas. At the time, the strings, choir and piano sounds on those things were top-notch. I also remember having a lot of fun with the EMT-10, EMQ, and so-on.
Anyway, Years later, I still remembered the piano on those EMT-10s as being quite well done, and when I found myself in the position of REALLY wishing the piano sound on my Korg Ns5R was better, I tripped over a used EMT-10 at a local music store. For $60, I figured what the hell... I think it was worth it.
This thing was never worth the $500 they charged when it was new, but if you can find a used one for under $75, I think the piano sound alone is worth it. The Choir is quite servicable (you don't nitice the splits too badly if the it's used as a background pad, and the Strings kind of remind me of a MelloTron - Almost...
By hodling the MIDI button and pressing piano 1, you can increment the unit through transmitting on channels 1 through 16... the LEDs for soft, loud, fast, slow light up in a binary pattern to indicate the channel... if you lose count, just cycle to the point where they are all on (that is channel 15 I believe, then again for ch 16, and the first light that shows up is 1... then the second lite is 2, then, for channel 3, the lites valued at 1 AND 2 turn on, then 4 will be a new light, and so-on. The recieve channel can be set by using the same technique but with the Piano2 button. Also, the unit IS touch sensitive, but does NOT receive aftertouch, pitch bend, or modulation.
Hope that helps.
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