First Keyboard Purchase Qs (sorry...)

hey all

Maybe there's a thread already but advice sought - guitarist / beginner piano player buying a keyboard for

- Home recording (with garagebands)

- Doesn't need to have millions of sounds / effects as the ones on garagebands sound ok for my home demo needs ( but fed up of using a typewriter keyboard...)

- But also for playing live - ideally decent piano, elec piano and organ sounds. I like classic "analougue" synth sounds too but not vital I suppose

- doesn't have to be full size

- budget c.

Except for acoustic piano, the Novation X-Station 61 will give you more for your budget than anything else, unless you can find a used Fantom X6 or other recent workstation in your local area. The X-station has a great audio interface, which will save you from having to buy one separately. It's also a great midi controller that you can use for many years to come for softsynths. The synth with a ton of knobs is very useful for learning too.

thanks xml - much appreciated.

any final suggestions / tips b4 I splash out on this bad boy?

are piano and organ sounds strong?

I'm primarily a guitarist & the music I like / write / play would be along lines of arcade fire / tom petty / concretes / big star / rem

is there anything worth spending a little more on or is this the best all-rounder it it's category?

Thanks again

ROcky