I need a new keyboard...

[mikemichnya]

My Roland JV 1080 died a few years ago, and I've been without a keyboard ever since. I read the posts on the old "Full piano action keyboard" thread from a couple of years back, but couldn't find anything more recent. I was hoping to take advantage of late Labor day sales to get a new weighted or hammer action keyboard for my studio that I can also play out with, but didn't really see anything that blew me away price wise EXCEPT for a Korg Kross 88 bundle for $700 from Kraft Music. It looks like a great deal on an older model. I'm just wondering if I should pull the trigger or spend double the price for a newer model with more bells and whistles.

The Korg Krome 88, Roland FA-08 and Yamaha MOXF8 are all in the $1700 range, which is a little more than I want to spend, but I don't see any 88 key GHA products for around $1000. Are the sound engines that much more advanced? Does anyone have experience with any of them?

Thanks for your help!

[Len911]

Michael, with ipods, ipads, and laptops, with large gigs of available memory, and even a music store selling them, https://www.sweetwater.com/c1010--iPods I'd think the trend was probably just buying a midi controller and an ipad?
https://www.sweetwater.com/c1042--iPads

I haven't looked into or researched any of this,lol, but I wouldn't think Sweetwater was merely branching into the phone business.

It seems to me like you are taking the onboard, built-in limited computer and replacing it with an external computer with more options and expandability and less proprietary software.

I would imagine there are ups and downs with either decision.

[mojobone]

I don't know anybody that gigs with an iPad just yet, other than for setlists, lyrics, sheet music or charts. Maybe for EDM it could work, but you wouldn't need much of a keyboard for that. Last time I was shopping for a fully-weighted 88 for both live and studio use, I missed out, cuz the Casio Privia PX-5s hadn't been announced. Well-featured (and lightweight) as a stage piano, but also a more than decent workstation and master controller. Of course if you don't need fully weighted or all 88 you can get by cheaper, but the axe I mentioned goes for about a grand.

[orest]

I bought the Casio PX-5S this summer for live gigs.
The feeling of the keys are amazing I must say (especially for being so light weighted)!

But, it's not easy to go from one tone to another tone (they call it tone, others call it program/sound). The tones, especially layered need some time to get fully loaded.
I had to buy a second keyboard so I can switch smoothly between sounds/tones.