kiddie synths

Does anyone else mess with synths/keyboards that were intended for kids/families? Copped myself a yamaha pss-570 from a charity shop and with External effects shit Sounds pretty phat!

I got a me casiotone mt600 and it surprisingly has a pitch bend wheel and midi so I use it wih my mpc. the only pissoff is it turns off after about 5 minutes if you don't press anything

I also got a small keyboard I circuit bent and effectively broke everything except the snare and cowbell on it
and another small radioshack one not circuit bent (yet)

Lots of folks using those home keyboards. I think they're awesome and you can get some decent sounds to process out of them. I still want a circuit bent Casio SK1.

jnorth wrote:Does anyone else mess with synths/keyboards that were intended for kids/families? Copped myself a yamaha pss-570 from a charity shop and with External effects shit Sounds pretty phat!

i have this exact synth .. i got it when i was ten years old, it had been my stepdads .. i've used it on more than one of my tracks. isn't little sound generator great?

I have the Yamaha VSS200
It's a synth with presets plus also a sampling keyboard.
Has a built in microphone, as well as speakers, for 'instant' sampling on the fly. Just press one button and speak close to the mic.
I think it's 8 bit and has a sampling time of probably 2 or 3 seconds (never timed it).

The only drawback is that it has no MIDI
If it did , it would be a very useful tool but it's still lotsa fun as it is.

If you see one, jump on it!