Recommend keyboard?

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   Well I just had my crappy Yamaha for maybe 10 years now(my dad's keyboard I borrowed), I just started picking in up, can play a few tunes...but there's no pitch bends and most importantly for prog, a hammond organ, moog, mellotron or any nice synth options.

The only thing on my keyboard is a church organ which is similar to the hammond but I have no features to use on it like the drawback,percussive,leslie speaker and distortion, harmonics etc...

I guess I'll be needing a more advanced one, can you give me a recommendation or even a specific one to check out the features.

Even what to look for when I go to a retailer.

When dealing with instruments I usually order on musiciansfried.com

Do I need a different instrument for some synthesizing?

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ProgBagel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: May 13 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2819	Topic: Recommend keyboard? Posted: August 20 2007 at 18:53
	Well I just had my crappy Yamaha for maybe 10 years now(my dad's keyboard I borrowed), I just started picking in up, can play a few tunes...but there's no pitch bends and most importantly for prog, a hammond organ, moog, mellotron or any nice synth options. The only thing on my keyboard is a church organ which is similar to the hammond but I have no features to use on it like the drawback,percussive,leslie speaker and distortion, harmonics etc... I guess I'll be needing a more advanced one, can you give me a recommendation or even a specific one to check out the features. Even what to look for when I go to a retailer. When dealing with instruments I usually order on musiciansfried.com Do I need a different instrument for some synthesizing?

Jaydubz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 12 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 100	Posted: August 25 2007 at 01:37
	What's your budget - and what's the application - live, studio, etc?
	"Music is the best." ~ FZ

Dean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575	Posted: September 20 2007 at 13:08
	Dust off your old copy of Space Oddity it's time for a space-jam - the greatest keyboard of 1967 is back... http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/stylophone/index.html ...apparently going to be sold in high-street HMVs too.
	What?

Jon89 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 06 2006 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 156	Posted: October 20 2007 at 23:12
	A good Synth to have is the Korg Oasys my friends. Its the ultimate workstation. It has everything you could want. From the most expressive pianos to rocking organs from haunting strings to the most awsome drums and the most amazing pads as well.
	jon 89

Jim Garten Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin & Razor Guru Joined: February 02 2004 Location: South England Status: Offline Points: 14693	Posted: November 01 2007 at 04:56
	Alternatively, try E-Bay - depending on how much room you have, you can pick up a genuine early '70s Hammond for very little (go for the L100 or M100 series which have genuine tonewheel generators & valve amps & you'll probably pay less than £200); E-Bay is also a goldmine for older synths which will have that sound you're looking for. Forget modern, go genuine!
	Jon Lord 1941 - 2012

Abstrakt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 18 2005 Location: Soundgarden Status: Offline Points: 18292	Posted: November 01 2007 at 05:20
	I have a keyboard that includes 300-500 or so sounds. 50 Organ Drawbars & loads of effect stuff to play with. It's a Casio WK-3000. Works fine for me, but i would like a Moog&Hammond

jmcdaniel_ee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 25 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 141	Posted: November 19 2007 at 08:33
	I have a Roland Fantom X, but any of the modern Juno keyboards are based on the same sound samples. I love the sounds on it, however, it didn't come with any authentic mellotron samples. I had to put those in myself, and it took a long time. I've heard good things about the Yamaha Motifs as well, and that their samples are easier to work with (i.e. I think you can just buy a mellotron sample set, spend 5 minutes loading it, and you're ready to play.) If you're wanting something expensive with less power as far as sampling/expandability, a new Casio like Abstrakt reccommends would do just fine. As cool as it would be to own a vintage keyboard, it wouldn't be practical unless you wanted to become a collector. (You would have limited sounds to choose from.)