Rookie looking for Keyboard Suggestions

[st3v3gman]

I'm loooking for a new keyboard for my church and looking for some recommendations. Seems alot of the most common keyboards are geared toward R&B, House, Trance...ect.

Any recommendations on keyboards that do well in a Church environment?

Thanks

 

[keyplayer]

your question is to broad....how many keys? what kind of sounds??...does the keybed need to be hammer action??? do you need a sequencer?? How much money do you want to spend???

 

[Ergo]

your question is to broad....how many keys? what kind of sounds??...does the keybed need to be hammer action??? do you need a sequencer?? How much money do you want to spend???

Well I'm quite sure it will do with a "usuall" keyboard ^^ I don't think he got any use for seq in a church lol...Why not a usuall stage piano like Roland fp7 =)

 

[st3v3gman]

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Sorry about the vaugeness... Was just looking for any broad suggestions

I'd say we'd want Hammer action, 88 Keys, Sequencer
As far as sounds, this is where I'm finding alot of keyboards with alot of sounds we'd never use (House/Dance stuff). We'd probably gravitate towards Strings, Piano Pads, Orchestral sounds, ect...

As far as budget up tp $2000.

What I'm looking for is any feedback from keyboards that have worked well in a church setting (from particular users). Thanks

 

[keyplayer]

If you buy a synth, the extra sounds that you will never use will always be there....then on the other hand if you buy just a "stage piano", the sounds are usually restricted to piano, electric piano, and maybe some strings...If you want a sequencer, i dont think there are that many stage pianos with a sequencer. Its usually a feature in synths

Anyway, for accoustic type sounds such as pianos, strings, brass and such, I would look in the yamaha line. The motif es series keyboards have hammer action, a sequencer, and good accoustic type sounds...they come in 88, 76, 61 key variety....Also the pricerange is in the ballpark

I have and have used a Kurzweil sp88 stage piano for a church setting. It sounds good but is limited in sounds and only has 32...piano, strings, electric piano and some organ sounds...no sequencer but does the job

 

[GigMan]

I'm loooking for a new keyboard for my church and looking for some recommendations. Seems alot of the most common keyboards are geared toward R&B, House, Trance...ect.

Any recommendations on keyboards that do well in a Church environment?

Thanks

Yamaha S90ES
http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA...tail/0,,CNTID%3D48793%26CTID%3D206500,00.html


Roland RD700SX (soon to be discontinued - should be going down in price)
http://rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?ObjectId=666&ParentId=87

Roland RD700GX
http://rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?ObjectId=923&ParentId=87
http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-ROL-RD700GX