Re: [LAU] Hardware: elektr piano / keyboard

schoappied schrieb: Sorry, no, I didn't realize I was sending to you only. This one gets me just so often... I have some limited experience playing other keyboards/E-Pianos than my own old Roland JX-305, which is a 61-semi weighted keys synth which specialised in 'Dance, R&B, Techno' etc kind of sounds. It was the keyboard version of the MC-505 Groovebox in fact. Initially, I started off as a guitarist and just wanted to have a keyboard/synth to play some accompaniments to my guitar noodling. Today I play more keyboard then guitar, also for other reasons. I have tried/played some diff. keyboards/controllers, like i.e. the M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 (favoring a controller/softsynth approach), some of the better Roland/Yamaha Stagepianos, the Yamaha CP-series and then some... I personally most often preferred the Roland keys in the lower pricerange, the Yamaha keys win in the upper pricerange IMHO. The CP series i.e. are all high quality, keys and soundwise. But then these are all outta your pricerange I guess, unless you'll find some 2nd hand top offer. Polyphony is the max playable number of notes that can be played at any one time. So, if you're playing a simple C chord, you'll use up 3 voices of polyphony (C - E - G). But if now you keep them ringing with the sustain pedal to play some single notes over your chord, you stack up the voices. Since Piano/E-Piano playing very much involves your sustain pedal, it quickly builds up to way more then 32 voices. Good luck in your search. It may be worth checking local garage sales, flea markets and the 'for sale' columns of your local newspaper/hebdomadal magazines. Cheers Raphael ;)