1) Yes and it fits fine. The case is metal so its quite sturdy and secure.
2) IIRC the polar is made of even higher quality componants than the keyboard version, but I think the keys will be the same.....they are very nice to use.
If the Polar was 49 keys and not 37 I would of gone for one myself. Its just one octave to small for me so I got the keyboard version. Also if you want to use the TI in split mode (2 sounds on different ranges of the keyboard) the keyboard is going to be a lot better for this.
And then of course if your planning on doing a lot of live or portable stuff with it the polar will probably be more attractive option.
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