rxkevco
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Hi all , ,
First of all let me say that i cannot play piano and am only a tinkerer with my present set-up keys although i use them on most of my songs in one form or another. I also only have a bare, basic understanding of midi.
I have a Yamaha DGX 500 keyboard which i bought soley for the lovely grand piano sample, although the strings and one or two other sounds are more than acceptable.
I also have a Korg MS 2000 synthesizer and an M-Audio oxygen 61 midi keyboard. The m-audio is for some of the software synths that i have like my B4 organ.
I am shortly going to be coming into some money as i am about to be ill health retired from work at the tender age of 45.
I am allowing myself between £1000 and £1500 to spend on a single keyboard that would be a replacement for the yamaha and korg keyboards that i presently use.
I dont mind wether this money is spent on a brand new or a second hand keyboard so long as its money well spent.
I also dont mind if i am advised to purchase a software synth package although i am one of those people that prefer to have knobs and dials to play with !
I record my own music using a boss BR1180 cd digital recording studio, and i also have a little used 64 bit, quad core DAW with 8gb of ram,running cubase 4 which i am hoping to start using properly when i retire. I am finding it hard to pull away from the Boss studio as its so easy to use and i still have a fear of learing cubase properly but i constantly crave more than the 8 tracks the boss unit allows me.
What sort of workstation or keyboard should i be looking at getting my hands on , , i need a few ideas and recommendations, preferably with reasons why !
A must, is good grand piano and string functions.
Hope someone can advise me and help guide me in the right direction as i dont really know much about keys and synths and what is out there on the market.
Many , many thanks, kev
First of all let me say that i cannot play piano and am only a tinkerer with my present set-up keys although i use them on most of my songs in one form or another. I also only have a bare, basic understanding of midi.
I have a Yamaha DGX 500 keyboard which i bought soley for the lovely grand piano sample, although the strings and one or two other sounds are more than acceptable.
I also have a Korg MS 2000 synthesizer and an M-Audio oxygen 61 midi keyboard. The m-audio is for some of the software synths that i have like my B4 organ.
I am shortly going to be coming into some money as i am about to be ill health retired from work at the tender age of 45.
I am allowing myself between £1000 and £1500 to spend on a single keyboard that would be a replacement for the yamaha and korg keyboards that i presently use.
I dont mind wether this money is spent on a brand new or a second hand keyboard so long as its money well spent.
I also dont mind if i am advised to purchase a software synth package although i am one of those people that prefer to have knobs and dials to play with !
I record my own music using a boss BR1180 cd digital recording studio, and i also have a little used 64 bit, quad core DAW with 8gb of ram,running cubase 4 which i am hoping to start using properly when i retire. I am finding it hard to pull away from the Boss studio as its so easy to use and i still have a fear of learing cubase properly but i constantly crave more than the 8 tracks the boss unit allows me.
What sort of workstation or keyboard should i be looking at getting my hands on , , i need a few ideas and recommendations, preferably with reasons why !
A must, is good grand piano and string functions.
Hope someone can advise me and help guide me in the right direction as i dont really know much about keys and synths and what is out there on the market.
Many , many thanks, kev
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