Keyboard with vintage keyboard emulation modes?

[Seraphim]

Are there any keyboards with emulation modes for a Roland D-50 or a Yamaha DX-27?

 

[Seraphim]

Should be Yamaha DX-7. Also, were there any keyboards that ever used soundfonts? Particularly from E-mu?

 

[happyrat1]

Waldorf makes a few synths that use soundfonts, notably the Blofeld.

https://waldorfmusic.com/en/blofeld-keyboard

And the Q1

https://waldorfmusic.com/en/quantum

Also there are boutique synths from Yamaha and Rolkand that duplicate the models you mentioned.

The Yamaha Reface DX

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/RefaceDX

The Roland D-05

https://www.roland.com/us/promos/roland_boutique/

Gary

 

[Seraphim]

What DAW software composes with the Roland D-05?

 

[Seraphim]

Cakewalk is das kaput!

 

[happyrat1]

Yep. Cakewalk closed it's doors last December.

Gary

 

[cpcohen1945]

Unfortunately, the Yamaha Reface DX isn't a DX7 replacement. The DX7 uses six-operator FM synthesis; the Reface uses 4-operator FM. I believe that the Reface sounds -- while neat -- aren't as complex as the DX7 sounds.

Perhaps the Reface DX matches up to a DX21, or something like that. My memory isn't reliable, that far back.<g>

There _is_ a DX7 software synthesizer -- Dexed -- which has received good reviews. Since it's free, and accepts DX7 patch files, it's worth checking out.

. Charles

 

[Seraphim]

Which brands offer an A 432 Hz mode?

 

[Seraphim]

Is there any keyboard with a USB pass through? PC/Mac keyboards often have this feature so I was wondering about instrumental keyboards.

 

[cpcohen1945]

I think, for those questions, you'll have to dig into the User Manuals. They're available online.

I suspect that just about any _digital_ keyboard (something that plays back samples, or that works as a _virtual_ analog synth) will have a "Tuning" or "Pitch" setting. It's not hard for the manufacturers to include, and they understand that it may be easier to tune a synth to a pipe-organ in a church, than the other way round.

. Charles