I am looking to getting back into music after many years and I have been doing a lot of research on Roland, Yamaha and Korg keyboards for someone who is "re-entry" level. In other words, I have forgotten a lot of my past skills and am looking to reteach myself a lot of the basics and eventually create music for me and my own family's enjoyment. I am 43 and will be playing anything from "traditional" music to dance mixes.
I do not have a huge budget ($800 would be absolute max), but I don't want a cheap off-the-shelf keyboard either. Around the year 2000, I had a Yamaha PSR-??? good sounding keyboard, but it died within two years!
I have been looking at the Roland E-09, Yamaha MM6 or MX61 and the Korg M50 and really cannot decide on what direction to go.
I will not be playing live on stage. I would only be playing in my home or with friends. I DO like the idea of having a sequencer, whether on-board or via a USB connection to my Macbook Pro. I have lots of ideas that I would like to lay down in bits and pieces instead of trying to play it all at once.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
I do not have a huge budget ($800 would be absolute max), but I don't want a cheap off-the-shelf keyboard either. Around the year 2000, I had a Yamaha PSR-??? good sounding keyboard, but it died within two years!
I have been looking at the Roland E-09, Yamaha MM6 or MX61 and the Korg M50 and really cannot decide on what direction to go.
I will not be playing live on stage. I would only be playing in my home or with friends. I DO like the idea of having a sequencer, whether on-board or via a USB connection to my Macbook Pro. I have lots of ideas that I would like to lay down in bits and pieces instead of trying to play it all at once.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.