Looking for a workstation

[Mastermindzz]

What is the most dominant workstation for HIP HOP as for options, flexibility for the price .....Korg Triton , Trinity, Kurzweil etc...,,

[buddyC]

I don't know how much money you have to spend and that makes a difference as well as how willing you are to sit down and learn a complex keyboard. Eveyone knows that the Triton is THE board if you want everything(sampling,effects, mindblowing sounds, expandability), but I'm sure there is a nice little learning curve to get the most out of it. It costs between 2000 and 2500 also. If you are a beginner and want a board that you can still use years from now and get at a cheap price, try used Ensoniqs. If I was just starting out and didn't have money, I would rush to get an Ensoniq EPS 16+ or ASR 10. You can find the 16+ for between 300 and 400 dollars on Ebay every week. The ASR goes for between 700-900 on Ebay. Both are great samplers with effects and have vast support with sound libraries. They do not have internal sounds but since its hip hop(like I do), I prefer to make my own sounds or buy the ones I want. Hope This helps.

[LongWaveStudio]

Triton.....Triton......Triton...

i have two..does that say anything about how good it is?!

[MICKEYDE]

I've played with the triton.... and WOW! It is great. I have a roland XP-80 and it is (in my opinion) The only 2nd to the triton. The reason I bought it was because I already had an MPC2000. The XP-80 is cool cause You can expand easily depending on your music's genre. I bought the hip hop expansion and a sessions expansion. The sessions is great, and hip hop's is okay. (I say okay because i feel it has too many worthless loops but you may use premade loop) However it does come with some good drum kits and synth bass sounds. So If you can't afford tha triton.... I'd go with the XP-80. But that's just my opinion.

[joker]

I would check out the Korg Karma if I were you...it's a dance party just waiting to happen...

[AlinMV]

I am not a big fan of Korg, including the Triton. The patches seem overprocessed and muddy! That said, I would definitely check out the Yamaha Motif!! Great board!

Albert

[George Parler]

In fear and trembling, in the midst of the Roland-ites, I will
mention the Yamaha EX-5.

There has been some negative feedback concerning the
quantize function of the keyboard. As for myself, I haven't
found that to be a problem that I couldn't work around.
Simply put, I try not to play so offbeat that I have to quantize
very much.

What leaned me toward this keyboard is the versatility. I
play it in live in a group as well as in recording. When I bought
the board it had functions that I didn't need at the time. But
when I came to the point that I did, I didn't have to go buy
another piece of equipment.

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I don't buy a
keyboard or a guitar until I play it first. Just like I don't buy a
car without test driving it. When the EX-5 first came out, the
only place I could find it on display where I could put my hands
on it was in another city 3 hours away. I made the drive, played
the board, then began to shop. I found the board in Denton, TX.
hundreds of dollars cheaper than anywhere else.

The best advice I can give is go test drive the boards yourself.
Find the one that suits your musical taste buds. Then throw it
out on a forum, like this one, and get feedback from other
experianced users. That way when someone brings up something
positive or negative at least you have your own experiances in
which to weigh out the info. You will find that everyone has their
own personal preferences.

Good luck on finding the board that right for you.

Now I, humbly, give the floor back to the Roland-ites.

George