ok, I loved organs, pianos and somekind strange effects, strings are not so good, and sax sux. I like the possibility to adjust every aspect of the tones and mix them. Pretty much for what I planned.

I espected some good pedal cd-rom and other stuffs but what can I do? I already pay too much, this keyboard is too expensive here in Brazil. 1200 USD, Can you believe?

Very fine quality but it could be less heavy as is it 42lb!?!? too much heavy for my hands since I play everywere I have to carry all the time.

I can says that it is expensive because in my country everythink that comes outside is expensive for us.

I am fine but as everybody says I am afraid to ask for it. I think I would be angry :-[

If alesis was not a bad lion I would recommend another couple of modulation and pitch wheels also on the right side, of course keeping the "couple" of the left side, this would be fantastic.

Classical, old, vintage and classical rock music.

I chose this product because I previously owned an original QS8 for over 10 years. I loved the sounds and the touch of the keyboard. Nice bright pianos.

It came with a sustain pedal. I purchased several PCMCIA cards for storing my sounds all in one place, for ease of changing sounds in a program. However, Alesis has removed one of the PCMCIA slots from the 8.2 making it harder to copy from card to card. Now you have to dump to keyboard and then reload back to a different card.

Typical of most keyboards, you have to study the manual. The manual for the 8.2 was much easier to understand than the one I previously had with the original QS8.

I purchased this keyboard based on the reliability and durability of my original QS8. I have an intermittent problems with it locking up, the display showing some sort of heiroglypics and then resulting in a pink noise. This is a problem when playing live settings and there are no other instruments to cover for you. I have found out that Alesis was purchased by a company named Numark; it appears the quality is no longer the same.

I would never purchase another Alesis product based on my experience with this. It's worth it to pay more for a product and have piece of mind that it will perform when needed.

I had to send my keyboard in for repair in January, 2007 (only 6 months old) for locking up (see above quality). They said they couldn't find anything wrong with it! (It was locked when it left my home.) It took 5 1/2 weeks turnaround to get my keyboard back and it was scratched, dented and had something spilled onit when it was returned. I made at least 15 phone calls to customer service trying to find out the status. Customer service would never return my phone calls. It was a nightmare dealing with them. Just last weekend, it locked up again while playing at church and I had to reset it to get it back on while the other instruments covered for me. This would be an embarrassment if I am the only instrument playing when this happens. I cannot trust this keyboard in a live setting any more and have purchased a Yamaha to replace it. It's still under warranty, but the chance of getting this intermittent problem fixed before it runs out is probably impossible. I sent an email to Tech support, but as I expected, they have not responded.

I think the silver color looks cheap compared to the original QS8 which was a semi-gloss black.

Active church musician and bands

rock

Excellent sounds. The organ settings are very good in particular, and synth settings are quite fun to play with.

Came with a pedal...that's about all I need.

VERY well made. Durable, solid construction. Key action feels very good, as well.

Very good, personal service.

Very slick-looking machine.

Active Musician

Classical, Techno

There are many different types of pianos, one that will certainly fit into the type of music you are making. The strings compare with Korg. With as many synth sounds as are on board, I'm suprised that I haven't really found a good, basic synth sound that will fit well into rock music.

The synth came with a damper pedal. Adequate. The most useful features to me are the great number of onboard sounds, as well as the expandability with cards. So far, the least useful has been the front panel sliders. I was hoping to be able to shape the sound faster and easier. Maybe it will just take some getting used to.

This is one section that is the best. The synth is so easy to play, and change sounds. Very well laid out.

The quality is great. Very well made. I was surprised at how heavy the synth was, but pleased as well. Nice keybed, nice weighted synth action.

Best in it's category. Tried everything. Yamaha S03, Korg TR, and everything in between. For me, this is the best value.

Not necessary

It is nice looking, but I think the silver exterior is starting to be dated.

Hobbyist

Rock