Don't overlook the use of Audio Compressor on keyboards.

Rather ubiquitous with the Pros, who have access to great sound engineers, the practice dates all the way back at least to when Steely Dan *always* placed the little MXR Comp on the output of their Rhodes piano to level out the notes and give it a slight bit of punch.

Today, I run TWO separate rackmount stereo comps in my keyboard amp rack and use them on almost all of my sampling MIDI keyboards when playing live, expanding the softer pattches and compressing some of the louder ones. Irons things out rather invisibly once you understand the controls of the compressor and get the "proper" settings for your stuff.


--Mac