Hiyas,

I'm looking for a cheap arranger style keyboard 37-49 keys touch sensitive with built in speakers maybe? under £200, just something to have at hand for getting song ideas.

No synthesis required, just something with romper presets.

I always thought Yamaha PSR range had this sort of thing pretty well covered. I'm not up with the latest models, but I've had a few of the older ones and always thought they were good value with reasonable sounds.

Thanks Paulo.

Also on the other hand any thoughts on a 37key synth?

Akai miniak has a useful drum seq and sounds good, any experiences with this or similar?

Anything similar to miniak or alesis micron that is still in production?

+1 on the PSR!!

Shambler
Thanks Paulo.

Also on the other hand any thoughts on a 37key synth?

Akai miniak has a useful drum seq and sounds good, any experiences with this or similar?

Anything similar to miniak or alesis micron that is still in production?

No experience of those at all since late 80's when I had a little Korg something or other.
 
Now that I think of it, I can't remember what happened to that - vaguely remember lending it to someone, band split up, I moved away and that was that I guess. Oh well, I've only just missed it, so I guess I wasn't that bothered about it ! I seem to remember seeing a Korg one recently (Microkorg ?)  but I guess they're not on your list of favourite keyboards any more !

Hi,
 
I was wondering ... these days the virtual stuff is so good, and all you need is a little midi keyboard that you can get for $59 (dollars or so), and was wondering why an actual keyboard.
 
The flexibility and what you can do with 100 free VST's far surpass most keyboards I would imagine.
 
No?

About 12 years ago I bought a Yamaha PSR-GX76 for about 330 USD. It has a 5-track recorder and sounds pretty good to me and still works great.
Their PSR series keyboards are even less expensive these days.

Moshkiae
Hi,
 
I was wondering ... these days the virtual stuff is so good, and all you need is a little midi keyboard that you can get for $59 (dollars or so), and was wondering why an actual keyboard.
 
The flexibility and what you can do with 100 free VST's far surpass most keyboards I would imagine.
 
No?

They do everything but portability. Nice to have a little keyboard you can sit on your lap and tinker away on no matter where you are in the house. A lot of people have all their best ideas on the toilet.

Moshkiae
Hi,
 
I was wondering ... these days the virtual stuff is so good, and all you need is a little midi keyboard that you can get for $59 (dollars or so), and was wondering why an actual keyboard.
 
The flexibility and what you can do with 100 free VST's far surpass most keyboards I would imagine.
 
No?

This is for something you can just pick up and play, no PC.
 
I have an iPad and I'm thinking that a synthstation49 may be the way to go.
 
That way I get stuff like AlchemyPro and FLStudio etc...assuming they will pick up the keyboard.
 
It's a shame the miniak and micron aren't made anymore, would love something like that but the current offerings don't have a drum sequencer.

sharke
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They do everything but portability. Nice to have a little keyboard you can sit on your lap and tinker away on no matter where you are in the house. A lot of people have all their best ideas on the toilet.

Laptops not portable?
 
I have a small keyboard (got it for $49) and plug it in and I can take my Jupiter 8 with me ... no big deal at all.
 
Bathtub ... sharke ... bathtub! At least that's what Lord Byron used to say. I figure he **** his pants when he heard Mary's story and had to get to a bathtub anyway!