Bob,

I won't be replacing the Ensoniq any time soon that is for sure. I like the keyboard itself, it feels good and plays nice. I can select 16 different preselect instruments, split the keyboard, all that stuff. It is really nice for a place to just power on and play. As far as composing and stuff, I won't be there any time soon. I still need to get back into playing the piano and get my theory back.

I can play along to BIAB just fine, but I can't change the sound via the keyboard itself. That causes the Ensoniq to stop playing the midi track. I can get it going again just by sending the MIDI reset etc but in the end I will probably just "program" any instrument changes via BIAB / MIDI.

I am going to go buy some computer speakers soon I think. Then I can use the computer sound card and leave the practice amp for the keyboard when I just want to play without the computer.

Doesn't BIAB have some synth built in? You mention "buying the Forte DXi", is that necessary?

jwcolby
Ensoniq ZR-76 keyboard, m-Audio Minisport 2x2 Anniversary Edition
AMD x2-3800, 2gb RAM
XP SP3, BIAB 2008