[musictlk] Electronic Keyboard Questions

[Cameron Strife]

Hi. Some more info would be very useful before giving recommendations...

What do you plan to use it for exactly and what's your budget?

Cameron.



On 10/1/15, Kenneth Downey via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi,. I use the Yamaha MX61. The sound banks are very well organized into
> categories and subcategories. You can even make your own sounds. The manual
> explains muckAs far as soft synths go, their are tons. .iThere is an app
> called Reaper that is a must if you are serious about this. It is quite
> accesssible and almost limitless in capability. You can play and manipulate
> many 'soft synths with it, and most are quite accessible through it. If you
> are just after really good sounds, check out Steinberg Hypersonic 2. It's
> incredible, and,  through reaper, totally accessible. HTH!    @
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 12:00 AM, Richard Holloway via musictlk
>> <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> I had a follow-up thought as well. If any current music keyboards have an
>> App for iPhone or other iDevices that can control sound selections or
>> other settings, perhaps the App might be accessible?
>>
>> I’m just trying to explore all options here and trying to figure out where
>> to start…
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 12:30 AM, Richard Holloway via musictlk
>>> <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I’m wondering if there are any keyboards, particularly mid-range to
>>> high-end (music) keyboards that have any accessibility through external
>>> (typing) keyboards be they USB or Bluetooth.
>>>
>>> My daughter was checking out some current Keyboards— (Synths / Sequencers
>>> / DAW’s) and it occurred to me that it would be a fairly simple matter to
>>> design keyboards so that you could scroll through sound lists and other
>>> features in a menu system, in a way that a FOCUS display, or an Apex,
>>> etc., could be plugged in by USB or paired with Bluetooth, but I have
>>> never heard of this being offered. Does that solution exist somewhere?
>>>
>>> Barring that option, what current, high-quality electronic keyboards are
>>> most accessible (with their own built-in controls). We’re open to various
>>> options. If there is some super system she could reach that was more of a
>>> soft-synth arrangement using a Mac or PC, we’d explore that, for example.
>>>
>>>
>>> So far, the only thing that seems to be reasonably accessible, as far as
>>> a soft-synth, is GarageBand, and while that is fun to play with, the
>>> sounds aren’t all that great.
>>>
>>> We also have had some luck with the Yamaha YPG-525 / YPG-625 keyboards as
>>> far as access (you can punch sound ID numbers into a keypad so they are
>>> pretty easy to access once you know the number of a particular sound) but
>>> otherwise, you have to just scroll through hundreds of sounds to hear all
>>> of the available choices— rather sloppy and confusing— it makes sounds
>>> really hard to come back to. This direct selection is nice, but the YPG
>>> sounds are not really what we are looking for at this point.
>>>
>>> What we are after is more in the range of  Roland Fantom FA 06 / FA 08’s
>>> sound capabilities. or perhaps a Roland Integra 7 (I understand most of
>>> the Famtom FA’s 2000 sounds are a subset of an Integra 7’s 6000+ sound
>>> set.) The concern is just how accessible the Fantom sounds (and other
>>> features) would be.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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