Hi all Well I have made the deal on a Roland Fantom G8 for my main KB My stand has the top rack, so I am thinking about a second board, likely a 61 key. Yamaha motif XS6 or Korg Kronos 61 key ??? I don't want to do another Roland for my top board, seems to me that having some variety would be wise Any input ?? Snowy
What sort of stuff are you going to do with it? Those aren't cheap options you've suggested. The Fantom has plenty of polyphony. What about a soundless midi controller with semi weighted (or non weighted) keys and just midi it up to drive a few channels in the Fantom. Here's a review of the Fantom fom Sound On Sound by Dave Stewart (the prog rocker from Hatfield & The North who charted with a cover of "It's My Party And I'll Cry If I Want To"): http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan09/articles/rolandfantomg.htm
I want to do some recordings and want as much different sounds as possible. Besides, My KB stand has a top rack and to leave it empty would be a shame Snowy
Ok you win. The Kronos. On a related topic I'm concerned that you have a very bad case of Gear Acquisition Syndrome.
Gear aquisition syndrome ???? OMG Hope thats not terminal ?? Well after so many years not doing much with music except listening, Yesss I guess you could say that. My desire is to get some tools that I can work with and then settle down to enjoying them. Thnx Snowy
Well its a done deal. The new Roland Fantom G8 is home and settled into my "Studio" Bought it for $2627.00 and that was with a 2 year extended warranty. Now to get comfy with this beast and then to look towards the second board. May look at a Yamaha Motif XS, or maybe a Korg Kronos for the top deck Have looked at the Yamaha Tyros 3 and 4 too. Just far too many toys to choose from. Snowy
My training was on a 120 base excelsior accordion. I branched out later and fooled with the organ some. My interest lies in doing some "New Age" music. I enjoy other stuff too. I grew up on "Glen Miller" stuff like "In The Mood" I enjoy some country western too. I love the instrumental new age like Tangerine dream does, David Arkenstone and many others. The Big Roland should allow me to create some pretty cool stuff. If I find that I am lacking in the amount of specialty noises I can produce, I will add a Yamaha Motif or a Tyros 4 to make different stuff for me. Just need to brush up on reading sheet music. I can sit down and slam out stuff by ear, but being able to play a composition off the rack is really rusty. Likely won't take me too long to get back into the swing of things. I never really cared for Pure Organ music. The best Organ performance I have ever heard was on a Huge theater pipe Organ. The beast was 4 manuals and some of the base pipes were just huge. Later Snowy
