Plug THIS one in this Christmas
If you've got the cash ... this keyboard might give your plugins some competition.
I just saw a demo on Ted Talks, and this Yamaha Electone Stagea looks like a fascinating, but expensive instrument [15k]. Anyone played one of these?
http://www.electone.com/article/?f=view&i=72 The site says that "Yamaha has released more information regarding the much anticipated Pro model of STAGEA. Due to be released in October of this year, the ELS-01X adds two 61-note keyboards and a full-sized 25-note pedalboard to the STAGEA ELS-01C model."
This beast will keep both your hands and feet busy.
They even have their own society and competition.
http://www.electonesociety.com/v3/ And a special website with interesting demonstrations:
http://www.electone.com/
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