The phantom is excellent. I use a 76, because I need a little more elbow room for my style. I don't have a phantom, but I have played it. I have two roland keyboards, sound module, and drum machine. I use a two tier stand with the lower for bass, and the top for treble. With the phantom you will have a sequencer, 128 patches, and a sampler. I think that you'll be fine with the 61. as all the capabilities are the same as the 76 and the 88. Tear it up dude !!!!

I used to have a Yamaha VL 70 and wind controller. They sound pretty cool for some things. Ironically, I thought that all of the horn samples sounded pretty good EXCEPT the saxophones! Maybe because I am a sax player. For a long time, I used two 61 key keyboards on a two tier stand. I used a Yamaha S-30 and a Roland VK 7. The VK 7 is a digital organ and has one of the best vintage tonewheel sounds of any keyboard I have ever played. The S-30 has some really nice piano sounds; especially with the acoustic expansion board. For the last couple years now, I have played a Yamaha Motif 7 (76 keys) and the Yamaha S-30. The S-30 has the same tone generator as the S-80, but less keys. I find 88 key boards a little too big and cumbersome for most stages. Using two keyboards on a two tier stand opens up a lot of possibilities. I can jump back and forth between piano and organ, or other instrument sounds, like horn sections, etc. On some songs where I am playing horn lines or string parts along with piano or organ parts, 2 keyboards are essential. Even some of the cheaper keyboards by Yamaha, like their PSR 550, and the 76 key DGX 300 have some really nice sounds!