joey2000
New member
Thoughts and esp experiences appreciated...
Been kicking this around for awhile now. The gist of my needs/intent -
- NOT "gigging." I don't give a flip about weight or other gigging concerns.
- That said, part of the desire is something with a "good feel" for my own enjoyment, so not dead-set against syth action stuff but much prefer weighted/hammer action.
- Will be composing/recording but no desire to muck with a DAW if I can help it. So at least about a 5 or 6 track sequencer and/or audio recorder are big.
- For similar reasons I want a healthy dose of voices, but quality as well as quantity across the board - ie not just a good piano but good sounds on non-keyboard instruments.
- Pitch bend wheel a must and arpeggiator not a must but strongly desired.
- Ease of use is huge. I'm old and impatient. No ridiculously hard to figure out setups, configurations etc
I've gone from a Casio 350 (love the specs, hate the action) to a Yamaha 650 (similar - action better but still not wowing me) to a Korg Kross 88 (action fine but hearing bad things about its user-friendliness) to........? Love love the Roland FA-08 but well out of my range and can't get past the keypad to bite on the 06.
Been kicking this around for awhile now. The gist of my needs/intent -
- NOT "gigging." I don't give a flip about weight or other gigging concerns.
- That said, part of the desire is something with a "good feel" for my own enjoyment, so not dead-set against syth action stuff but much prefer weighted/hammer action.
- Will be composing/recording but no desire to muck with a DAW if I can help it. So at least about a 5 or 6 track sequencer and/or audio recorder are big.
- For similar reasons I want a healthy dose of voices, but quality as well as quantity across the board - ie not just a good piano but good sounds on non-keyboard instruments.
- Pitch bend wheel a must and arpeggiator not a must but strongly desired.
- Ease of use is huge. I'm old and impatient. No ridiculously hard to figure out setups, configurations etc
I've gone from a Casio 350 (love the specs, hate the action) to a Yamaha 650 (similar - action better but still not wowing me) to a Korg Kross 88 (action fine but hearing bad things about its user-friendliness) to........? Love love the Roland FA-08 but well out of my range and can't get past the keypad to bite on the 06.