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Hi all, please accept my apologies if this has been covered before, I am sure many times...
I am a guitarist but am looking for a keyboard to play some small parts in some songs we play. Mainly synth style sounds, and had settled on looking at something cheaper like a Yamaha MX49 or maybe even a Korg Minilogue. It's a bit of an experiment for me so not looking to spend a fortune.
However, having started looking into it I wonder if I would perhaps be better going for something like a Casio CT-X5000 or a Yamaha PSR E473. I had perhaps unfairly discounted these almost as toys, but looking at lot of videos and reviews they seem to sound excellent, and to offer a genuine choice against a dedicated synth for a live situation. With a synth, I guess I trade smaller size and less weight but a great flexibility of sound design (and maybe sound quality?) - with flexibility and a much greater variety of sounds? I like the idea of having pianos, organs and some keyboard sounds but I can't see me using the styles or rhythm functions at all, which i guess is really the point of these types of instruments. But I also like the idea of a having a self contained keyboard to use as a learning tool, without the faff of connecting a synth to a powered speaker or PA....
Have now thoroughly wrapped myself around the axle of indecision and would appreciate your collective thoughts.
I am a guitarist but am looking for a keyboard to play some small parts in some songs we play. Mainly synth style sounds, and had settled on looking at something cheaper like a Yamaha MX49 or maybe even a Korg Minilogue. It's a bit of an experiment for me so not looking to spend a fortune.
However, having started looking into it I wonder if I would perhaps be better going for something like a Casio CT-X5000 or a Yamaha PSR E473. I had perhaps unfairly discounted these almost as toys, but looking at lot of videos and reviews they seem to sound excellent, and to offer a genuine choice against a dedicated synth for a live situation. With a synth, I guess I trade smaller size and less weight but a great flexibility of sound design (and maybe sound quality?) - with flexibility and a much greater variety of sounds? I like the idea of having pianos, organs and some keyboard sounds but I can't see me using the styles or rhythm functions at all, which i guess is really the point of these types of instruments. But I also like the idea of a having a self contained keyboard to use as a learning tool, without the faff of connecting a synth to a powered speaker or PA....
Have now thoroughly wrapped myself around the axle of indecision and would appreciate your collective thoughts.