Great Recording Stand Alone Keyboard?

[HectorRContreras]

On the list Apostolis provided, I have the Korg Kronos and love it, but wish I would have gone with the Roland Fantom because I'm more familiar with Roland and I'm use to the interface and sounds.... however... did I say I LOVE my Korg Kronos.

Russell

Dear Russell, that was Hector's Professional Keyboard ! And Hector loved it too ... Yes I was myself impressed by the variety and quality of Sounds and Samples, and Hector never had trouble recording with that amazing Music Keyboard.

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Hector used to compose Music one layer at a time.
Which means that Hector all ready had the full Instrumental/Song in his head, but he would, for the sake of Orchestration and Instrumentation, play each section and each layer at a time.

He would often start with the Melody. Hector was good at inventing Melodies.
That is after finding the right Beat, of course. Hector knew is Genres.

Next, Hector would play his Virtuoso Piano, and or Flute, and he had absolutely no difficulty doing that.

After that, Hector would welcome my help regarding Ornamentation and Dynamics, and ... giving it the polished end in order to make sure that the quality of the Sound was fine. And a little bit of Inventiveness/Musical Ideas regarding the Intro and the End.[/color]

[TheElement]

Nice keyboard! Might be too much for me as I don't play. I need to learn though..

[funsongs]

This is way old-school, and therefore out-dated... I know: BUT:
for just plain keyboard... always liked the voicings of the Yamaha CP300.
(They're a heavy piece of gear).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Tg4-1xu2Y

These are nice, too... for what they are: Kurzweil SP4-7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev25OPtHQUs

Your post read like you are NOT looking for a workstation, per se; but for a portable, good-sounding,
electronic keyboard (for beginners... Yes? No?

Still following to see what newer models, at a reasonable budget, get recommended.
hth: Cheers.
Peter

[TheElement]

This is way old-school, and therefore out-dated... I know: BUT:
for just plain keyboard... always liked the voicings of the Yamaha CP300.
(They're a heavy piece of gear).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Tg4-1xu2Y

These are nice, too... for what they are: Kurzweil SP4-7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev25OPtHQUs

Your post read like you are NOT looking for a workstation, per se; but for a portable, good-sounding,
electronic keyboard (for beginners... Yes? No?

Still following to see what newer models, at a reasonable budget, get recommended.
hth: Cheers.
Peter

Hi Peter,

Yes something to learn chords on and would be great also to have an option to record some melodies and chords as well. Maybe a built in function to record I guess. Maybe a good idea would be to capture ideas otherwise they are gone and forgotten quickly.

Price range I would say $500-$700 u.s. if possible or something around that range. I guess it doesn't make sense to spend $3,000 on a keyboard and I'm not a keyboard player.

[mojobone]

Piano technique and the organ variety are kinda different, though they've much in common. If you're learning piano repertoire, you might need a weighted 88-key model. (builds strength and flexibility and will generally sound more authentic) Stage pianos are generally the best-sounding and tend not to have built-in speakers, which are a boon for learners, because you don't have to fire up a computer, DAW and monitors or fiddle about with headphones when you just need to practice. OTOH, the ones with speakers can vary pretty widely in terms of sound quality, which can usually be improved by disabling the internal speakers and listening on dedicated monitors. The low to midrange options are well-represented by Yamaha and Casio's Privia line.

If you want a lot more than just pianos, a workstation makes more sense; it'll have useable drum and bass sounds a smattering of string/horn/orchestral sounds and some analog-ish basses, pads and leads. Korg Roland and Yamaha all have lots of options in the category.

The really hot, yet budget-friendly gigging axe of the moment is this one: http://www.casiomusicgear.com/products/ ... ivia/PX-5S which came out immediately after I plunked down a wad of cash for the model it replaced, LOL (at least I got a discount for buying the floor model)

For a little more moolah, this has a concentration of very useful, mostly keys-oriented sounds; very authentic and usable: http://www.korg.com/us/products/synthes ... v_1_black/

You might also check out the Krome workstation (not the flagship, but very capable)

[TheElement]

Cool thanks Mojo. I'll be sure to check those out. But I think I need something cheap just to have around to learn on and then use my midi controller to write with.