Thought i'd give the Grand Piano sound of the Roland EM-15 a try. Played "Angels Fall Sometime" by Josh Turner. This sound was a staple in the 90s.

Grand Piano test.

I've been looking for a second hand keyboard for a while and this kinda seems like a nice deal. Even though it's kind of an older piece. Do you guys think it's good for a begginer or would it be better to get smth like the M-Audio Keystation 49/61?

https://preview.redd.it/banhlz4epe0d1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3b746ab421a3c45952539fb6d55569d3a1b8f2b

came with all original goodies inside too. I'm happy 😄

Playing Gotye
Got this Roland EM-15 for free the other day and thought it would be funny to see if it could handle popular songs. And as you can hear it CAN. But only JUST..

Hope you like my version of this song.

https://laughmotel.bandcamp.com/track/lost-matter-2

The haunting spoken-sung vocal melody of Lost matter has set up camp in my dreams in the past 24 hours...like a lost media coldwave icon after seeing a live snippet of it on instagram.

The fragile yamaha portasound drums and droning sonorous bass provide a stoic minimalist backdrop embodying the sense of loss...while the cute casiotone melodies regress and dissociate dreaming of a better past/future.

In eno-esque fashion; the vocal fails to return to the pitch after the half-time whistle-blows as if the matter of convincing people with words or furnishing more context is futile...and ...potentially too painful...retreating to the relative safety and comfort of the playful, dream like instrumental.

"Things might just be okay" after all

The rest of the album is probably good also...but it will take me a while to get to it as i have to grow weary of this delightful tune which so perfectly evokes hope in the face of adversity first.

Probably the best cheapkeys / crapkeys album you will hear this year. Feat. Yamaha PSS-570, Casiotone MT-400v #vintagekeyboards #crapkeys #cheapkeys #Casiotone #toykeyboard #minimalwave #casiocore #synthpunka dark hope; British stoicism.

I am considering to swap a Vermona ET6-1 for my Yamaha PS-35 which I barely use. I use a Yamaha PS-30 instead, which I really like.

Can't decide :)

I understand the output, but I own a scarlett solo, and I'm not sure which converter jack to use.

every time I used to go to the local thrift store I would take a look for some mini keyboards. The majority of them seemed to always be Casio although I have about 10 Chinese knockoffs which are awful. I have about nine vintage Casio mini keyboards including two versions of the SK one sampling keyboard that they made

title has it all, I'm starting up a new wave band and have been finding the noises I can get out of DEXED very lacking, idk what's even the first thing about modular synths but I'm looking for one (under 100$) that can give me a good badass tone. Examples of tone are DEVO, B-52s, and Snooper

I want to buy first keys for my kids (5 and 4 yo) - I narrowed down to Alesis Harmony 54 and Casio MU SA-77. I don't care about the mike in Alesis but the music sheet stand is a great addition compared to Casio. On the other hand Alesis got far too many buttons and knobs. I don't care about demo songs and additional features - all I want is to have properly sounding piano samples and a metronome and probably some basic other sampled instruments.

Which one would you choose? Which one has better sounds and general feel of the keys?

UPDATE: I've narrowed it down to the Yamaha PC100 vs PSS170 due to price and scheduling (very time sensitive purchase!). The pc100s come with nice cases! But I think the pss170 has many more features..and probably is just much better? Thoughts?

So my twin toddlers are turning 2 on Sunday, and I've decided to pick up a couple of toy keyboards for them. They need to be IDENTICAL, because otherwise they'll fight over whichever one the other has.... I have a upright piano at home that they like to play on, but they end up fighting on the bench over who gets to play. So I want to get them each a little keyboard.

Having said that, I'd like it to be fun with lots of different sounds and beats, not too big/heavy, runs well on batteries, and relatively durable, at least 4-note polyphony. Also, I'd like for the keys to feel decent, and MINIMAL sound delays from key action..i really want them to be able to enjoy their keyboards for years to come, make their own sounds and music, and help cultivate their love for keys and creating music!!!! (I'm a multi instrumentalist myself.)

So locally, here are the mini keyboards I've found that I can get two of, I'm not sure which have minimum 4-note polyphony...sorry I'm short on time to do the research on every model baha. All around the same price. I'm leaning towards the pc-100 just because one seller has TWO of them (see link in comments, he's also selling one of the two pss170 locally). But then am gravitated towards the pss170 or pss270, because I had a PsS270 as a kid. And then I don't know much about the rest.... The very mini ones like the Casio sa8/sa5/sa46 might be better for now but worse for when they grow up, with such limited octaves and capabilities, and probably not polyphonic?...but don't know.

Here's the list:

Yamaha pc-100 Yamaha pss-170 Yamaha pss-270 Yamaha pss-470 Yamaha pss-11

Casio sa46 Casio sa76 Casio sa 5 Casio sa 8

RadioShack md-500/501

Thank you!

I got this beautiful thing for dirt cheap next to nothing and I love it already,, as you can see on my photo the low c key is missing (how does a key go missing? I have no idea).

If I get any Yamaha replacement keys for other PSR models, will they fit this older particular model or do I have to hunt for another (broken) PSR-80 as a parts donor?

One of my absolute favorite keyboards

I have a yamaha pss-460, and I don't see anyone sharing patches for the synthesizer portion of it anywhere but the manual, so I thought I'd share some I made for anybody else that has one.

DSynth Presets

52335 break free
42123 soft flute
21353 bass
51331 synth bass
12111 uwa pad
34154 crystal
15544 IfThisWereAPresetIt'dBeBanjoMaybe??
41132 thumb bass
42112 wow pad
51535 comp synth pluck
31542 hard horn
45123 space bells
12131 hard flute
41235 picked bass

Orchestra Presets

horn 51543 sbass
jazz organ 13253 vox organ
electric piano 12142 soft ep
koto 11555 pluck bass
piano 52131 serene piano
piano 54151 p-omni

The first list is with the synth toggled on, and the second list is with it toggled off, using the sliders to modify the preset instruments.

What are your favorite old toy keyboards?

My personal favorites are the Casio Rapman, and the mt- 52. There’s just something so amazing about those drums

midi + internal speaker?

i recently got a cool obscure japanese keyboard which has both a midi in and also has an internal speaker. it is surprisingly fun to hear a wild fast midi sequence coming out of the little internal speaker, now i want more instruments all running off midi, with no amp or mixer involved. Are there any other instruments you know of that accept midi and have their own speaker?