Members davecon Posted February 11, 2005 Members Share Posted February 11, 2005 I am fairly new to keyboards and play guitar in a live band. I want to play Keys on a few tracks during the gigs. I currently have a Korg XD5 . I dont think the piano sounds are great to be honest and Im not mad on some of the other sounds either. What Synth(s) do I need to buy to get a half decent setup , I dont need to Sample or Burn CD's or anything like that , just play live . Do I need to keep the XD5 and buy a 2nd Keyboard to use in a MIDI configuration . Set one to Piano and the other to effects or what ? What Keyboard would one recommend. ? I dont feel I need state of the art but do need something fairly good ( what about Roland XP30 ) ? TIA . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oddbods finger Posted February 11, 2005 Members Share Posted February 11, 2005 ...how much are you willing to spend on an upgrade? An XP30 would be a step up from your XD5.Alternatively, you could keep the XD5 and just get a Roland module....an XV2020 or even a JV1010...if you just want 'out of the box' sounds for playing live. If you wanted to spend more and get a better sound then you could look at a Yamha Motif (or the Motif ES but that's even more expensive). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rauzi Posted February 11, 2005 Members Share Posted February 11, 2005 you only care for the piano sounds or more? also what's your budget? by the way midi is NOT for processing a sound, midi is simply data e.g. for triggering a sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members davecon Posted February 11, 2005 Author Members Share Posted February 11, 2005 Thanks very much for the reply oddbuds , silly question from me ............can you explain to me what a Module is and how basically it works please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members davecon Posted February 11, 2005 Author Members Share Posted February 11, 2005 My budget is about $900. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GigMan Posted February 11, 2005 Members Share Posted February 11, 2005 Originally posted by davecon Thanks very much for the reply oddbuds , silly question from me ............can you explain to me what a Module is and how basically it works please. A MIDI "module" is simply the sounds of a keyboard, but without the keys. You can use any MIDI keyboard to "trigger" the sounds of any MIDI module - ie, you actually play on the keys of the keyboard, but you hear the sounds of the MIDI module come out of the speakers. Of course, some keyboards are more sophisticated than others and are better suited for this purpose. Some kybds. are even designed EXCLUSIVELY for this purpose - they have NO internal sounds, they can only produce sounds by being connected to a MIDI sound module, which produces the sounds. The keyboard simply tells the module which notes or pitches to make sound at - which is determined by which actual keys your fingers press down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GigMan Posted February 11, 2005 Members Share Posted February 11, 2005 Originally posted by davecon My budget is about $900. TIA For that kind of money, look at a used Yamaha S80 - although that is an 88-key, weighted keyboard (with "piano-style" keys), which may or may not be to your liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pagan Posted February 11, 2005 Members Share Posted February 11, 2005 Casio Privia PX-400RCasio Privia PX-500Korg SP-200Kurzweil SP-88Roland RD-170Suzuki SS-100Yamaha P60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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