Comparing the sounds in a psr keyboard to a motif xf is like comparing a honda civic to a mercedes. As far as lower end keyboards go, the casio stuff is better than Yamaha these days. Gord
From: Ricky Prevatte Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 10:01 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Musical keyboards If you call leave a message if I don't pick up I could be with a patient. I will call you back. Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154 On Dec 1, 2015, at 9:45 PM, Andy B. <sonfir...@gmail.com> wrote: Is tomorrow between 12:30PM and 4:00PM ok to talk? From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricky Prevatte Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 9:25 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Musical keyboards Believe me there are many ways to do this I would be glad to chat with you if you would give me a phone call 704-622-9952. My wife and I did a lot of gigs we were one of the highest paid two piece acts on the East Coast. You could also use a weighted midi controller and a module. Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154 On Dec 1, 2015, at 8:35 AM, Andy B. <sonfir...@gmail.com> wrote: We live in a cramped 1 bedroom apartment and will sometimes travel with it. I am thinking lightweight and maybe has 61 keys instead of the full 88. I fear that we will never get the sound we are looking for unless we go with a full 88 key keyboard, but hope I am wrong. On Dec 1, 2015, at 8:03 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: When you say portable, what is your definition of portable? I mean, that's kind of subjective. Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy B. To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 7:26 AM Subject: RE: Musical keyboards Sure, I can share my experiences. Back in 2005, my wife and I started playing together (officially). We needed a keyboard, but needed one fast, and with as little money as possible. At the time, neither one of us had a job. So, paying around $2000+ just for a portable keyboard was impossible. We settled on a PSR 450 which we still have and use on occasion. After some time, we realized that the PSR sounds were a far cry from professional sounds. However, we still had to use the PSR at live events because we had no other access to a professional grade portable keyboard. When we wanted to record our songs, we held on to the hope that a DAW with instruments controlled by the midi specification would save us from a disasterous problem. We didn’t sound very good live, we couldn’t record anything useful, and we gave up after a point. After all those years, both of us have poor playing techniques because we had to follow after the PSR sounds and styles. When looking for a keyboard replacement, one of the critical factors involved sound quality of the keyboard instruments. Since we have used the PSR for that many years, my ability to discern high quality sounds had vanished. Now, all of the sounds from any Yamaha make or model sounds exactly the same as the PSR. At least the basic fundimentals sound the same. It’s not good when you can’t tell the difference in sound between a PSR and Tyros 2. Unless my ears are still good, and there is no difference. We were also disappointed when listening to the Yamaha provided demos of different keyboard models. The audio demo on the website sounded impossibly good. However, when I went to the store to check one out, the sounds were flat and cheezy. In either case, we are getting back into the playing music area again. After poor experiences with recording and playing, we need a new perspective on things… we also need new hardware! I have always heard that Yamaha was good. Unfortunately, my prospective on the brand might be a little off. Whatever keyboard we end up with, it should be portable, very high quality, and whatever the price is, we will wait for it to come. From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 6:54 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Musical keyboards I'm just curious. Not that my opinion here probably matters, but, why not Yamaha? Did you have a bad experience with them? Care to share? Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy B. To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 12:45 AM Subject: Musical keyboards Hi all, I need a replacement musical keyboard. It has to be usable by completely blind players. Price doesn’t matter, it should be portable, have the ability to play soft synths, speakers are not required, and preferably not in the Yamaha line. It should have the ability to connect to the line-in device in the studio through traditional analog out, firewire, thunderbolt, or USB. 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