Members Ezeh Posted May 4, 2005 Members Share Posted May 4, 2005 i would like the following... - an organ, with 4+ octaves, big keys, with sensibility - weight not needed.- relatively realistic piano sounds- some other cool semi-realistic sounds would be cool (rhodes, b3, you know...)- CHEAP. not more than 300.- not something very obscure, like "oh i remember in the 80s they made 500 copies of xxx that you can buy in ebay..." i live in Uruguay, i can go to argentina but i can find mostly normal, new or used stuff.yeah, difficult, uh?basically, i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bloodcookie Posted May 5, 2005 Members Share Posted May 5, 2005 Sounds exactly like what I'm looking for. Bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GigMan Posted May 5, 2005 Members Share Posted May 5, 2005 Originally posted by Ezeh i would like the following... - an organ, with 4+ octaves, big keys, with sensibility - weight not needed.- relatively realistic piano sounds- some other cool semi-realistic sounds would be cool (rhodes, b3, you know...)- CHEAP. not more than 300.- not something very obscure, like "oh i remember in the 80s they made 500 copies of xxx that you can buy in ebay..." i live in Uruguay, i can go to argentina but i can find mostly normal, new or used stuff.yeah, difficult, uh?basically, i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bloodcookie Posted May 5, 2005 Members Share Posted May 5, 2005 Originally posted by GigMan Yes - I suggest you increase your budget 'cause that doesn't exist for 300 bucks. Fair enough How about up to $500? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GigMan Posted May 5, 2005 Members Share Posted May 5, 2005 Originally posted by Bloodcookie Fair enough How about up to $500? Cheapest decent digital piano is probably going to be the Yamaha P60 - here's one open box sale for 650 bucks: http://www.musiciansbuy.com/YAMAHA_P60_DIGITAL_PIANO_W_SPK_OPEN_BOX.html ...and even the P60 does NOT have all the other sounds you're looking for, or at least they are not of stellar quality. Plus the P60 only has 32 notes of polyphony - which gets eaten up real quick if you use the sustain pedal a lot. Actually, I reread your post and noticed that you say "weight[ed keys] not needed." So maybe you should instead check out this - Kurzweil KME61: http://www.music123.com/Kurzweil-KME61-Micro-Ensemble-Synthesizer-i107142.music?source=froogle It has great pianos, decent organs and a whole lot of other sounds as well. Only 61 keys (5 octaves) though - unweighted - which would be unsatisfactory for many of us with a piano-playing background, but if it fits your bill then by all means! 600 bucks new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ezeh Posted May 6, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 6, 2005 mmm...well, for that amount of money i prefer to save more, and buy a laptop+controller... much more powerful and real high-quality sounds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angstwulf Posted May 6, 2005 Members Share Posted May 6, 2005 Used Kurzweil ME-1/KMP-1 or Alesis Micropiano 61 Key USB/MIDI keyboard - M-Audio, Edirol and I believe Korg have these - shop for the best price Look hard enough you can get this for around $300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ezeh Posted May 6, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 6, 2005 Originally posted by angstwulf Used Kurzweil ME-1/KMP-1 or Alesis Micropiano61 Key USB/MIDI keyboard - M-Audio, Edirol and I believe Korg have these - shop for the best price Look hard enough you can get this for around $300 clever answer! mm... but the reviews for those are actually pretty bad... but i need a controller anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GigMan Posted May 6, 2005 Members Share Posted May 6, 2005 Originally posted by angstwulf Used Kurzweil ME-1/KMP-1 or Alesis Micropiano 61 Key USB/MIDI keyboard - M-Audio, Edirol and I believe Korg have these - shop for the best price Look hard enough you can get this for around $300 Alesis doesn't make the MicroPiano - Kurzweil does. The MicroPiano is the KMP1. Alesis makes the NanoPiano. And it sucks. Stick with the MicroPiano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angstwulf Posted May 6, 2005 Members Share Posted May 6, 2005 Originally posted by GigMan Alesis doesn't make the MicroPiano - Kurzweil does. The MicroPiano is the KMP1. Alesis makes the NanoPiano. And it sucks. Stick with the MicroPiano My bad. And I actually own a MicroPiano. D'oh! Ezeh: I know the KMP has limitations (old technology, some patches ain't so useful) but it has good piano and some of the electric sounds are actually okay. So I'm assuming the ME-1 is similarly useable. Point I was trying to make was: For $300 perhaps you may not be able to get what you want out of the box but with a little Yankee Ingenuity (or British Pluck, or whatevers, I dunno where you live) you can most definitely put together something that will suit your needs. Eg. I recently saw a used KMP at Guitarbucks in Pasadena for about $80.00 and a used Keystation 61 for $30.00 (which I snatched right away). Throw in a pawnshop prize keyboard/PA amp or a cheapie bass amp and you have something workable friendly jam sessions for under $200 with room to expand. The USB/MIDI keyboard can be used to drive a softsynth as well and you'll probably be able to sell the other stuff for what you paid when you want to get crazy about something expensive. Laters, Tommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ezeh Posted May 6, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 6, 2005 Originally posted by angstwulf My bad. And I actually own a MicroPiano. D'oh!Ezeh:I know the KMP has limitations (old technology, some patches ain't so useful) but it has good piano and some of the electric sounds are actually okay. So I'm assuming the ME-1 is similarly useable.Point I was trying to make was: For $300 perhaps you may not be able to get what you want out of the box but with a little Yankee Ingenuity (or British Pluck, or whatevers, I dunno where you live) you can most definitely put together something that will suit your needs.Eg. I recently saw a used KMP at Guitarbucks in Pasadena for about $80.00 and a used Keystation 61 for $30.00 (which I snatched right away). Throw in a pawnshop prize keyboard/PA amp or a cheapie bass amp and you have something workable friendly jam sessions for under $200 with room to expand. The USB/MIDI keyboard can be used to drive a softsynth as well and you'll probably be able to sell the other stuff for what you paid when you want to get crazy about something expensive.Laters,Tommy that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C. Martin Posted May 7, 2005 Members Share Posted May 7, 2005 Yamaha P-60Casio PX-100 Both of the above offer very good Acoustic Piano samples, and weighted actions. Kurzweil KME61Kurzweil MicroPiano Module Both offer great Acoustic Pianos and are very easy to transport. The MicroPiano will need a controller keyboard, as it doesn't have it's own. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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