Looking for a small keyboard for performing

[robahas]

Hi - I have a Korg Triton LE that I use for piano sounds and it's great, though a bit old at this point. The kind of music I play is basically piano accompaniment to an amazing vocalist. I'm looking for a small keyboard (2-3 octaves) that I can set up to add some sounds. Like, for example, on some songs I would like a deep bass synth, or the ability to play a lead melody. I really need this keyboard to be intuitive and simple to use during a performance. I want to create a list of sounds and just toggle through them as I need them (on the Korg I never quite figured this out). I would probably only use 6-8 sounds. I do have a USB keyboard and I could hook that up to a computer, but I don't want to lug around a laptop and all that for every performance (not to mention the possibility of a computer crash).

Any recommendations?

Thank you.

 

[happyrat1]

Sequential Take 5.

The most brilliant little true analog synth you ever heard.

Sequential Take 5 Compact Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer

44-key 5-voice Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer with Two VCOs, 4-pole Lowpass filter, 2 LFOs, Aftertouch, and Semi-weighted Fatar Keyboard

www.sweetwater.com

 

[robahas]

Sequential Take 5.

The most brilliant little true analog synth you ever heard.

Sequential Take 5 Compact Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer

44-key 5-voice Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer with Two VCOs, 4-pole Lowpass filter, 2 LFOs, Aftertouch, and Semi-weighted Fatar Keyboard

www.sweetwater.com

Thanks! Is it easy to set up a custom bank of sounds for quick access during performance?

 

[happyrat1]

16 buttons per bank, 16 banks. All a single button push away.

You write with one button push and you can compare sounds before you overwrite.

It is a performer's machine.

 

[keymaninaz]

It all depends on budget. As for me, I would try that new Roland GoKey 5. Seems for the $500 price it gives some nice sounds. I tried the original GoKey several years ago and was quite impressed.

 

[anotherscott]

Hi - I have a Korg Triton LE that I use for piano sounds and it's great, though a bit old at this point. The kind of music I play is basically piano accompaniment to an amazing vocalist. I'm looking for a small keyboard (2-3 octaves) that I can set up to add some sounds. Like, for example, on some songs I would like a deep bass synth, or the ability to play a lead melody. I really need this keyboard to be intuitive and simple to use during a performance. I want to create a list of sounds and just toggle through them as I need them (on the Korg I never quite figured this out). I would probably only use 6-8 sounds.

This is to use in conjunction with the Triton, right? Can you list the 6-8 sounds you'd ideally like to have? What's your budget?

I do have a USB keyboard and I could hook that up to a computer, but I don't want to lug around a laptop

A USB keyboard can also trigger sounds from an iPhone or iPad, if you happen to have one... and that might be something you're taking to the gig anyway.

 

[happyrat1]

Does anyone think this guy may have bought a board and unwatched the thread by now?

He last posted in the middle of February and here we are at tax-time.

If they don't bother to follow up their own thread then why in hell do we keep beating dead mules?