I'm an experienced amateur musician coming to piano for the first time.
In actual fact I really want to play harmonium (I restore portable harmoniums) which fits my musical interests pretty well (Nordic traditional music). A digital keyboard offers the advantage of potentially playing without disturbing the neighbours
I've been looking at the Casio CDP-230 - but the lack of ivory feel keys and the whole loads of samples and effects I dont need and will never use is a turn off - I'd rather put my ££ into a better digital piano that offers a limited number of good sounds.
What I'm considering is:
- good piano and organ sounds
- ability to sample and playback samples (I fancy sampling my harmoniums)
- some effects (eg hall) would be nice
- ability to play along to a backing track
- weighted keys
- ivory feel keys
- good built-in speakers
Thinking further ahead, I'd like to take to jam sessions and/or gig with the keyboard too.
My budget could stretch to £1k for the right instrument.
What would you suggest as a good starter instrument?
In actual fact I really want to play harmonium (I restore portable harmoniums) which fits my musical interests pretty well (Nordic traditional music). A digital keyboard offers the advantage of potentially playing without disturbing the neighbours
I've been looking at the Casio CDP-230 - but the lack of ivory feel keys and the whole loads of samples and effects I dont need and will never use is a turn off - I'd rather put my ££ into a better digital piano that offers a limited number of good sounds.
What I'm considering is:
- good piano and organ sounds
- ability to sample and playback samples (I fancy sampling my harmoniums)
- some effects (eg hall) would be nice
- ability to play along to a backing track
- weighted keys
- ivory feel keys
- good built-in speakers
Thinking further ahead, I'd like to take to jam sessions and/or gig with the keyboard too.
My budget could stretch to £1k for the right instrument.
What would you suggest as a good starter instrument?
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