What Keyboard would work for me the best?

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I play mostly paino / organ sounds on the keys and sometimes other synth and stuff. I don't really need a sampler because if I need a sampler I'd just get a Akai. The Roland VR-760 looks nice. If the triton..motif has better quality and more realistis sounds I'd spend the extra mony but I'm not sure. I just want the best basic sounds.
 
I haven't heard the Roland. I own a Korg Trinity that I bought new in 1995. My next sounddevice will be a Triton Rack.
I have no clue what you are talking about when you say the Triton dont have the quality :)
 
I was trying to say whats the best sounding and user friendly board out their for the price?
 
The Triton does suck for piano - never been Korg's strong suit. For synths, pads and the like - it rocks.

The Roland is a nice keyboard. Almost bought one, but decided to hold off for a while - gotta slow down sometime! Really nice organ stuff and the pianos are decent. It's got the really light-weight type keys - good for organ, bad for piano IMO. I prefer weighted-keys for piano work, but you can still get the job done with the lighter keys.

The MOTIFS are great too. Nice pianos, nice "rhodes" type sounds, useable organs. I spent a couple hours tinkering with one in a local keyboard store, and really liked what I heard. I own an S80 - which still is a great board and the MOTIFS do sound better than the S80.

Good luck to ya! If you have a local store, I'd head out and play around a bit to see what might work for you best.
 
I agree with warble; I've never been overly impressed with my triton's pianos or organs. The triton rack piano patch has an annoying bug, too. If you hit a staccato note and push down the damper pedal before the release fully decays, you get a loud slapback of reverb that sounds kind of like a weird early reflection. I think it has to do with the way the fx are programmed, but it's still annoying.
Of course, it's all a matter of perspective. If you're playing a cheapo mall keyboard or a late-80's ROMpler, the triton patches will blow you away.
Maybe for the money look at a specialized keyboard like the Nord electro or something?
 
warble said:
The Triton does suck for piano - never been Korg's strong suit. For synths, pads and the like - it rocks.

The Roland is a nice keyboard. Almost bought one, but decided to hold off for a while - gotta slow down sometime! Really nice organ stuff and the pianos are decent. It's got the really light-weight type keys - good for organ, bad for piano IMO. I prefer weighted-keys for piano work, but you can still get the job done with the lighter keys.

The MOTIFS are great too. Nice pianos, nice "rhodes" type sounds, useable organs. I spent a couple hours tinkering with one in a local keyboard store, and really liked what I heard. I own an S80 - which still is a great board and the MOTIFS do sound better than the S80.

Good luck to ya! If you have a local store, I'd head out and play around a bit to see what might work for you best.
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I own a Motif and it's great, my only gripe is that I don't think the sequencer is that user friendly.
 
I've played around with the Roland and I was impressed with the sounds, but its palette is pretty limited. Frankly, I'd say it's overpriced for what it does. (Kind of typical for Roland gear! ;) )

I agree with everything else that's been said. The Motif ES is very impressive. I bought a Motif rack, but I wish I could have gotten the ES. The Triton has a great track record and it's been used all over the place for a long time. Korg builds solid synths to be sure, but the piano isn't great, at least not for solo work. I have found that, for some reason, the sounds seem to sit well in a track even though they don't always sound great alone.

Ted
 
Be sure to try out whatever you want to get before buying it. Patches are very subjective from person to person - I'm a fan of the Triton but your ears have to make the final decision.
 
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try looking into Kurzweil keyboards.. they have good basic sounds. I saw this one that looks cool. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PC1X/

I have a fatar sl-990 controller, and then i use modules. This way you can just use the controller and then get whatever sounds you want from different modules, you can get rackmounts, or tabletop. You can hook a roland groovebox into it, then you'll have a sequencer and lots of sounds.
evt
 
you really don't want to get a Kurzweil right about now...

if you are a roland fan then you should probably stick to roland products. maybe look into a FANTOM X...
 
This is precisely the time he should look into a Kurzweil K2000. Yeah they are a bit old, but I'd rather spend 500 on the Kurz than 1500-2000 on the Fantom or Motif.
 
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