[musictlk] Electronic Keyboard Questions

[Sandra Streeter]

Hi, Ken,

Don't know if you remember me, but I was your kitchen skills  teacher for a 
very short time, at what was then the MI Commission for the Blind Training 
Ctr. Happy to se your name on the list!

Wondered: is the Yamaha you spoke of fairly portable? I just want something 
to practice on and occasionally take to retreats and such, and have always 
liked the Yamaha sound. Don't have a lot of storage space, either, so hoping 
it (or another Yamaha) would work for me. I have a late-80s Casio, of course 
tinny and not authentic-sounding (though, ironically, WORSE than earlier 
models)! So, looking to save pennies and upgrade. Thanks!



Hope all's well.

Sandra
“To love another person is to see the face of God.”
(Les Miserables--the musical)
-----Original Message----- 
From: Kenneth Downey via musictlk
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 8:01 AM
To: Music Talk Mailing List
Cc: Kenneth Downey
Subject: Re: [musictlk] Electronic Keyboard Questions

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!    @

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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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