25 Apr
2008
25 Apr
'08
7:29 a.m.
James Stone wrote:
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.
James
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.