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By bhubie23 Thu May 08, 2008 3:04 am
i have searched all over on the internet and this forum looking for keyboard recommendations. I figured i might need others opinions, so what keyboard should i buy to go along with my mpc that will give me that good piano sound along with basslines but not very expensive(no more than 500$)? thanks
By nepple Thu May 08, 2008 3:10 am
you could alwasy buyt he minimo.. the sou ds are ok on it plus you can use the mpc to sequence with, could make for a little cheap workstation for you with them combined.
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By bhubie23 Thu May 08, 2008 3:30 am
ok thanks for the input...i'll have to look into that
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By lildave Fri May 09, 2008 4:48 am
For that price the only thing I can really find that's somewhat current is the Korg Triton Le. You should also look into the MM6, though.
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By Headphones Sat May 10, 2008 3:33 pm
If you need piano & bass, and you only want to spend $500 or so, you'll probably just need to scope out what you can find with digital keyboards. If you look around, you might find a Yamaha DX7, Korg M1, or Roland D-50 out there. (But you'll have to look around on ebay or your local used musician stores) There are also rackmount boxes that have all the sounds inside (but you do need some sort of keyboard controller with midi to coax the sounds out of them). You might be able to score a Yamaha rm1x groovebox sequencer/soundsource and still have enough to get a used keyboard of some sort. If you're not sure what to do, just ask around, check out what's out there, and spend wisely. You can be pretty sure there's nothing out there new that's in your price range, (unless you want Casio), so either save up some more for new gear, or see what you can find in the used market. Good luck, but if you know how to work it right, you can find some great sounds out there.
By ghostlywhitemachines Sat May 10, 2008 4:58 pm
I'd say get a microkorg and use that for basslines and as a controller for a rack module, say a proteus 1 or something. You could get all that for $500 I reckon (mk new and s/h module).
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By bhubie23 Sat May 10, 2008 6:52 pm
thanks for the help...i'll see what i can do
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By Audissey Sat May 10, 2008 11:22 pm
for that price, the Juno-D is a decent board. also, look into some used Xp series boards (XP-30 - XP60). they can be found on craigslist and have some good sounds on em.