Re: [LAU] OT: Portable Keyboard

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:29:32AM +0100, James Stone wrote:
> > James Stone wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> 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.
>

Apparently one Thomas Morgan Dolby Robertson speaks highly of it as well:
http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=522

-ken
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Received on Mon Apr 28 00:15:02 2008