[LAU] OT: Portable Keyboard

[Ken Restivo]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:29:32AM +0100, James Stone wrote:
> >  James Stone wrote:
> >   > I thought the korg X50 looks quite nice.. I am considering getting
> >   > one, although I don't think the keyboard will be much of an upgrade
> >   > over the Evolution.. I think the built in sounds are pretty amazing
> >   > though.
> >
> >  I really like the look of that. But at 450 pounds it's still somewhat
> >  over my budget.
> >
> >  Cue everyone rolling their eyes and thinking to themselves "you can't
> >  have everything and get it cheap". But in all seriousness I shouldn't
> >  have to be looking at expensive high end gear to get what I want. The
> >  perfect solution would be a consumer grade keyboard, but with line-out
> >  added (there's no way that's hard or expensive), and different
> >  proportions. I'm not really asking them to cram stuff into less space
> >  (though I *know* there's no need for them to be that size). Just change
> >  the proportions.
> 
> I think I may have found just the thing: The xiosynth from Novation. I
> think you can get it for around £190 new (4 octave version). It does
> analogue modeling, and apparently also has some sampled sounds. In the
> end I bought a second hand yamaha an-1x which has a very nice solidly
> built keyboard - 5 octaves with aftertouch , and good (analogue
> modeled) sounds. I paid £210 for it.
> 

Apparently one Thomas Morgan Dolby Robertson speaks highly of it as well:
http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=522

-ken