Anyone here play Keyboard, or know about them?

im looking at getting one for christmas i just wanted to know what you guys thought were good makes / what features i should have i've mostly been comparing casio and yamaha - i found this one on the casio website that seems to be a great deal its a 76 key fully loaded touch sensitive etc. for only $230 Right Here THIS is a list of portable keyboards from CasioTHIS is a list for Yamaha I'm trying to keep it roughly in the $200-300 pricerange, and I haven't seen a 76 key besides that Casio shown above in that pricerange Just to clarify, I'd like a 76 key - the 88's step up into the grand piano category and they're too expensive, I really just want an accurate sounding piano that has effects, a metronome, the ability to add voices or effects via USB connection, and anything else it has is just cake And of course is has to be touch-sensitive  Thanks fellas Anyone here play Keyboard, or know about them?
depends on what you want to be able to do with it and if you plan on using VST/VSTi's on your computer. i got an m-audio 61 key for $130, hooked it up to my pc via usb port and run it through fruity loops and with around 60 gigs of samples there isn't a single sound i can't get with it. Anyone here play Keyboard, or know about them?
depends on what you want to do with it. Triton keyboards are boss... http://www.nextag.com/triton-keyboard/compare-htmlyou can find some vidz on the tube showing you how to use it...
Get a full sized 88 keys, you'll learn soon enough that a lot of music uses the lower range of the keyboard (I did anyway). If you can also get weighted keys. If you have the money, I would get a upright piano, but that need maintenance and a good one costs atleast a couple of thousand.
[QUOTE=''shenmuey2000'']Get a full sized 88 keys, you'll learn soon enough that a lot of music uses the lower range of the keyboard (I did anyway). If you can also get weighted keys. If you have the money, I would get a upright piano, but that need maintenance and a good one costs atleast a couple of thousand. [/QUOTE]

I agree with full 88 keys, I got a smaller one and regretted it.
[QUOTE=''thriteenthmonke''][QUOTE=''shenmuey2000'']Get a full sized 88 keys, you'll learn soon enough that a lot of music uses the lower range of the keyboard (I did anyway). If you can also get weighted keys. If you have the money, I would get a upright piano, but that need maintenance and a good one costs atleast a couple of thousand. [/QUOTE]

I agree with full 88 keys, I got a smaller one and regretted it.[/QUOTE]



yeah i'd like to have a full range of octaves but there just aren't any portable ones with 88 keys



i'd have to go 76 - though most in that category are only 61 key
Get a piano, or at least a digital piano, instead. Much better. :DSeriously though... at least get 88 keys. Anything less is a waste of money.
i reccomend the access virus synthesizer.
on the topic - if you guys have any good keyboarding sites or tutorial stuff you know of i'd love to see it i play other instruments but i'm just now planning on undertaking the keyboard
[QUOTE=''BobSacamento''][QUOTE=''thriteenthmonke''][QUOTE=''shenmuey2000'']Get a full sized 88 keys, you'll learn soon enough that a lot of music uses the lower range of the keyboard (I did anyway). If you can also get weighted keys. If you have the money, I would get a upright piano, but that need maintenance and a good one costs atleast a couple of thousand. [/QUOTE] I agree with full 88 keys, I got a smaller one and regretted it.[/QUOTE] yeah i'd like to have a full range of octaves but there just aren't any portable ones with 88 keys i'd have to go 76 - though most in that category are only 61 key[/QUOTE]well you could get [url=http://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-DGX520-Portable-Keyboard-dgx520/dp/B000S15YTI/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8%26s=miscellaneous%26qid=1227655976%26sr=8-14]this one[/url] but it is over twice the price. I have a 76 key keyboard (and like the other person I regret getting it) and if you're serious about playing the piano it is better to get a real one or like the one I showed you, it would be a good investment I think.
[QUOTE=''thriteenthmonke''][QUOTE=''shenmuey2000'']Get a full sized 88 keys, you'll learn soon enough that a lot of music uses the lower range of the keyboard (I did anyway). If you can also get weighted keys. If you have the money, I would get a upright piano, but that need maintenance and a good one costs atleast a couple of thousand. [/QUOTE]

I agree with full 88 keys, I got a smaller one and regretted it.[/QUOTE]

And I agree with full-weighted keys as well as full 88 keys. :P I got an M-Audio Axiom 49 with semi-weighted keys(to use with my Reason 3 and Ableton Live) and it's a bit worse than keyboard keys to be frank. The size doesn't bother me, although having a full 88 would be glorious(I don't have the room for it though).



Anywho, OP:

Getting a full synth probably wouldn't be in price range and likely wouldn't be what you want. I'm no fan of those casio/yamaha keyboards, but the one you listed isn't too bad for what it does, I guess. Just make sure you get a pedal.
[QUOTE=''dissonantblack'']i reccomend the access virus synthesizer. [/QUOTE]

That beast is so good, but so expensive.

One day I want either that, a Nord Wave, a Dave Smith PK4, or a Kord Radias. *drool*

So expensive though...
Casio=no
whyyyy?
yeaah thats a bump to the guy above - why not casio? check out that link to the one i like it seems to have all the features yes i realize that a full size 88 key with weighted bolt-action and digital fuel injector would be better but im just starting here whats WRONG with the one listed above basically, besides the weighted keys i don't see what else its missing?
[QUOTE=''BobSacamento'']yeaah thats a bump to the guy above - why not casio? check out that link to the one i like it seems to have all the features yes i realize that a full size 88 key with weighted bolt-action and digital fuel injector would be better but im just starting here whats WRONG with the one listed above basically, besides the weighted keys i don't see what else its missing? [/QUOTE]Weighted keys and 88 keys are the absolute minimum. You will not be able to play music well without weighted keys, and you won't be able to play a lot of it at all without 88 keys.
Are you looking for a digital piano? Or a synthesizer?For a digital Piano, 88 keys, weighted, is necessary. For a synth, I mean, full on, no pre-sets, is rare to have 88 keys, cause you can electronically change octaves.a Yamaha Motif has both great great synth, and some alright pre-set pianos and strings. But it costs a few grand.Yamaha cp-70's are nice half digital/half acoustic pianos.
I've got a pretty nice Yamaha keyboard that's similar to the first one you link'd, I like it.  I'm more into synths/MIDI controllers though. I'd be able to give you better advice on those.
the 'touch sensitivity' is supposed to be a replacement for the weighted keys - which i realize is not as good but it's at least a start.either way like i said - to get an 88 key with weighted keys i would have to get an electronic grand piano and thats out of my pricerange and to the guy that asked im looking for an electronic piano not a synthesizer - a synthesizer lets you tweak the music right, like the pitch wheel and whatnot? I just want an acoustic piano substitute - which i believe is the electronic pianoi know what i want im just asking you guys, OF that class of piano what do you recommend
I had a keyboard class as a trimester in school and they had yamaha. I would say get the yamaha one.