Thomann AK-X1100

As all Chinese knock offs, this is designed to LOOK like a flagship product, but its not. I thought to give it a chance, since it was discounted for cyber week, but I returned it in just 2 hours of using it. Things to be aware if you are considering this: 1.There is no ability to create folders in the user memory, all voices/styles have to be in the main folder. 2. If you edit a voice in R2 or R3 and save it, it automatically goes to R1, replacing whatever voice you had there, extremely annoying. 3. You can't select what will be saved in registry banks, it will always save everything (voice, style, tempo etc) 4. you can't revoice a style from the mixer, you need to enter style edit. 5. you can't select edited expansion voices that you have saved for styles. Only expansion voices as entered from GrandSuite. 6. If you export an expansion on GrandSuite without restrictions (so you can edit sounds further on the keyboard), it will be a .dpk file that can't be recognized by the instrument. If you rename it to .mpk it installs fine though. 7. For some reason they cheaped out on adding 4 extra QS buttons, so they reused the first 4 registry bank buttons with a toggle. You can accidentally press the registry bank or QS, if you are not aware of the toggle, and ruin your performance. If they had to reuse some buttons for QS, it should be the 4 Multi Pad ones instead, I don't know what they were thinking. 8. Midi in/out channels can't be assigned to style or song parts. 9. keys are glossy and your fingers feel like sticking on them, but should get better with time.
That's just from using it for 2 hours, trying to set it up. I am sure there are way more issues/annoyances that I would find if I kept going. All of the issues can be fixed with a firmware, so Its such a pity they abandoned it (last FW update was 1,5 year ago). The hardware is surprisingly good, the UI is clean, well designed and relatively fast. Speakers are good and it feels well made. If you are a power user of Korg/Yamaha/Ketron arrangers, thinking this can replace those, you are wrong, don't waste your time. If money is the issue, better go with a used keyboard.

While I appreciate many aspects of your current offerings and have given a good rating, As one man band player I believe creating a new software similar to Yamaha's "MIDI to Style" converter would greatly benefit users. Many players, myself included, find the process of converting MIDI to styles within GrandSuite quite challenging and time-consuming. A dedicated, more intuitive tool for direct MIDI-to-style conversion, similar to the simplicity found in Yamaha's approach, would be a huge asset.

Additionally, I hope a future OS update could enable the vocal harmony feature to function even when not playing a full chord or pressing any keys. This would significantly enhance flexibility for vocalists.
The features are so perfect, even saving a song to play in an album makes everything easier.

Thank you for considering these ideas.

Well done great Job thomann 🥰 !

Good: Very good build quality, great design and workflow. Excellent screen. Styles have good arrangements. Keys are synth type but have a little resistance, nice to play. Good options for editing, good connectivity options. Strings sounda are nice, piano and brass are average quality.
Bad: Overall sound quality is not balanced, too much middle freq. Because there are no eq controls on the keyboard, onboard speakers does not provide good sound, only option is to connect it to PA; heavy eq balancing is needed on the PA system. Sounds that are most in the middle freq like guitars are not usable.
I will not recommend it for proffesional use, but it is great for home use if you spent time for adjusting the sounds and styles.