Hi everyone!

I'm a producer who relies heavily on my keyboard. I've been using a Yamaha MX88 for the past 7 years and am looking to upgrade to either a Nord piano or a Yamaha CP88.

I like exploring sounds on the keyboard itself and often want to use sounds from my keyboard in my songs, but something that really bugs me about my current setup is not having a VST of my own keyboard. If I want to record from my keyboard, I have to do so with an audio recording, which means no tweaking the midi afterwards. This can get really frustrating needing to go back and forth re-recording when I didn't get something quite how I wanted it.

In my ideal world, I'd be able to find some setting I like directly off my keyboard, make a recording with it, then make minor tweaks to it while retaining the original sound of my keyboard. Currently the closest I can get to this is to replace my sound with a 3rd party piano VST and use my keyboard as a midi controller only. This kind of works for piano, but it sort of wastes all the cool sounds on my keyboard, which I need to creatively put aside in favour of whatever I can cook up on a VST.

Do these Nord or Yamaha keyboards handle this issue somehow? Maybe through a VST of the actual instrument I can install, or through some other means?

Would love to hear some input from other owners!

I recently moved in my new place and my landlord gave me one key. I misplaced that key so I emailed the property manager and informed them I lost the key and if they had another copy or I don't mind replacing my locks myself. The maintenance guy calls me and said he will be at my house in the morning because he lives down the street, I told him I don't mind replacing it myself to save him the trouble. He said it's ok he'll do it I then got a bill for $320. I think that is outrageous.is it legel for them to charge me that much?

So, I thought I was getting a deal on a used keyboard while we worked if my daughter was going to get into it. Six months later, two keys sit low and don't strike right.

Yamaha salesman says this happens a lot with Casio in our tropical climate, but Yamaha and Roland are good.

They charge $5 per key to fix, and I figure if it's wear and tear, there are a few more close to going the same way.

Is this a common experience? Is this a brand-related issue? Any other advice?

Hey friends!

I’m looking for amp recommendations but with a slight catch: I would love it to be battery operated.

I recently acquired a battery operated keyboard and am looking for a battery operated amp that would allow me to busk here and there without needing a power source.

Thanks in advance!

Hi, not sure if this is the right place to post this but I currently have a Roland vk8 and want to make this sound more authentic to a 60s style b3 hammond organ used by many classic bands, wondered if anyone had any info they could help me with whether drawbar settings or parameters as it would be appreciated as I'm not the most well versed in this kind of stuff. thanks.

Howdy! I'm looking for a MIDI 64-key keyboard or more (it would be nice if it had pads or at least a minimal screen) that would be better in terms of key performance (more natural, less plastic and with deeper emphasis, I don't know what to call it) than my Yamaha PSR443 My budget isn't too big, I'd be happiest to sell the Yamaha and buy some MIDI keyboard without speakers and other such built-in bullshit as I intend to use a DAW for everything anyway. I've found:

• Novation Impulse
• Arturia Keylab 61 Essential
• M Audio Oxygen Pro 61

Will any of these hardware be able to give a more natural keyboard feel than the older Yamaha? However, is it not worth changing equipment? I am counting on your suggestions :D

Hi. The last Friday I was on a music store and I try copy the voices of the Genos to my USB flash for load to my DGZ-670. But when I load the voices to my piano, the keyboard not recognise, and sounds like missing files. Why I cannot load voices to a Yamaha piano, but I can load styles? Ofc if I use the One Touch Setting not works, but the style itself yes. Looks wired

Just sold my Roland XPS-30 and looking to upgrade. I'm torn between the Nord Electro 6 and Yamaha MODX6+. Any advice? Open to other keyboard suggestions too!

What would your recommend budget is 60 eur to 150 eur

Found it outside of Aldi lol

Hi all, I’m new to this and am wondering if it would be better to buy a new Peavey KB-1 for $199 or a used Roland Cube 60 for $225. Or perhaps I should wait a few weeks and see what else comes up on the local used market?

The instrument is a Roland Juno-DS and the primary use is a kid’s home piano practice, so loud volume and effects are not important to me. The key is quality build and clarity of sound at lower volumes.

I’d appreciate any thought you all have!

I just got a electrical piano which has a 1/4 inch audio output port. I'm looking to output the sound to my receiver, but I also want to be able to also output the sound to my laptop, or headphones via AUX.

I'm looking to be able to this without having to always plug and unplug the cable when switching between the 2. I found splitters on Amazon like this one https://a.co/d/2jOPYqN, if i routed one output to the receiver and the other to an aux cable, would i be heavily degrading the audio quality when playing through one or the other?

I tried looking for something along the lines of a KVM switch where I would press a button and can switch between 2 outputs, but this doesn't seem very common...

EDIT: It's probably worth noting that I will not be outputting through both the receiver and aux at the same time, so I think this would not degrade any of the sound quality?

I'll try to make this as summarized and short as possible. I'm an ultra casual player. Like ultra ultra casual. I'll probably only play twice a month. Its only for fun and only in a room by myself. That said, I'd still like something of quality. I've narrowed it down to two options. My only problem is I don't know which to go with. The Yamaha PSR-EW320 or the Roland GO:Keys 3? From what I've seen on YouTube, the Roland just sounds better and has a better key action. However, the Yamaha has 76keys and comes out a smidge cheaper. Do the 76 keys offset any benefits the Roland may have? I'll be purchasing today or tomorrow...thanks

EDIT: SOLVED! Went with the Yamaha 76key

My nephew is turning 3 and loves music. He has a little kid piano and it's his favorite toy. I would like to get him one that he can follow along with the keys lighting up, but because he's 3 I am wondering if there are any that do one key lighting up at a time. Like right hand only rather than chords.

Hi. If I recording my piano (Yamaha DGX-670) using the line out of the rear, will be record on better quallity? I watch the Jeremy See video and he plays my piano and have a slighty better sound quallity. Even on a cheap keyboard like the Yamaha PSR-E373. Link to that video. You not need go to the exact time, just click the link and redirect to the timestep than he plays the DGX-670

https://youtu.be/KdDQpnw0TlU?t=1694

Watching Austin City Limits and Tanya Tucker’s keyboard player has rocks on his keys. What? Has anyone seen this or know why he does this?

Is it really like this? It does not happen on other variations. There's no clicking noise when the keyboard is off, suggesting it is not a mechanical thing.

https://imgur.com/a/HJZh4Ok

My church has a Roland XPS-10, and I’ve only used it for one day so far. I can’t say it’s a good keyboard, and I have a few complaints. Maybe I just haven’t explored all its features yet.

Should I use Mainstage along with the XPS-10, or would it be better to rely only on this keyboard’s built-in features?

I don’t know how much money the Clav lobby has or whose dick they’ve been sucking at all keyboard makers but why TF is it always one of the four or five preset sounds?!

Hey yall. I'm a classically trained hobby pianist - I've been playing for about 21 years on and off on an acoustic piano, i have decentish technique, but very little experience sharing music with others and performing. I've recently gotten into arranging and writing music and jamming. Jamming has made me realize I really need a portable keyboard (or synthesizer?) setup.

I'm new to keyboards and synthesizers, and i dont know which one is right for me. What insights and model recs do yall have for me?

I really want to play more jazz, r&b, neo soul. Also, I live in the Midwest so I have also been writing weird folk/jazz songs. Here are some of my needs/goals:

Immediate goals - Keyboard with decent action/responsiveness that I can jam and perform casually with. Have the ability to easily record beats and/or bass and/or other instruments on a loop and then play/record over it (there's prob a term for this?). Integrated speaker. Portable. Ideally 88 keys but I'd probably be fine with ~76.

Further off goals- Learn to record music with others. Learn to record songs with my keyboard as the only instrument. Learn to produce. Perform.

Also, I already have a kawai CN39 B that is pretty wonderful to play on and can probably meet a lot of future recording needs. Not sure what my budget is - I'm willing to pay ~$800 for an instrument that would serve my purposes and last a long time, but this feels like a new world for me and I'm also ok with just dipping my toes in for now with a more accessible/affordable instrument.

I'm using preset 1002 (pulsatron) but I need the rate of pulse to be MUCH faster. Any idea if im able to do this? Thanks

I’ve been thinking about adding a piano to some recordings for some ambient background noise and maybe some small parts. I definitely can’t play piano but I can get some cool noise out of one when I mess around and would be looking for some simple free form parts. I am primarily recording through an analog portastudio with guitar jack inputs. Any ideas for a simple keyboard on a budget to get experimental with? Primarily alternative/punk music.

Hey everyone! I've been having a rough time finding a keyboard amp option that works for my setup on stage, and I was wondering if you all had any ideas for me.

I'm in an indie band, and my live rig is a Nord Electro 5d, Prophet Rev2, and Moog Subsequent 37. I'm looking for something that can handle all 3 keyboards, and reproduce their signal loudly, and cleanly + has a line out to the PA.

I have some horror stories with those Behringer Amps, I ended up getting like 3 defective KXD12's from sweetwater and ultimately ended up returning them. Then I had a behringer k1800FX after that, which sounded great but promptly exploded on me (got my money back though). Now I'm hesitantly using a k450FX that a friend had lying around. Sounds good at low volumes, but it distorts pretty quickly as things get loud, especially with my prophet. Usually they run the line out to the PA, so it's not an issue in the mix but yknow this thing is my monitor basically, I want to be able to hear myself.

Anyways, I'm looking at the Laney AH150 right now Amp wise, would love to know if that's any good. Otherwise, I'd be happy to just use a nice powered speaker, but basically all of them seem to have a max of 2 inputs, and I need 3. I figured I could just run a mixer to one, but Idk if I want to have one more thing to plug in and make sure is working- I already have my keys, an amp, plus a pedalboard. I guess if there's a reliable 3 input powered speaker out there lemme know, but I've been having trouble finding that. Also I've never liked how those big blue Roland amps sound. Maybe the newer ones have improved, but in my experience they all sound like mud, and they're so heavy too. I'd just run a mixer, no speaker, but we play a lot of DIY shows, and just having a speaker is really nice on the off-chance the place doesn't have a PA.

So yeah if anyone has any suggestions or experience with the gear I mentioned, I would very much appreciate the help.

Hi

I'm experiencing issues in my Hammer 88. That worked perfectly until now, almost every day, connected to PC or just plugged in with a power supply.However it began to demonstrate instability in the connection since yesterday. I was working with that in the DAW and suddenly it just was not working. No sound coming in and the lights were glowing like when it is going on for the first time. It continued like that and then stabilised and worked normally. Today it is not working at all. I thought that it would be a software problem so I switched to a notation software and the problem persists. I thought that maybe a problem with the PC connection and plugged in directly with a power supply adapter and the problems sustains.I think that you can watch in the video what I'm talking about. The lights of the keyboard persists the same way like when it is turned on.I don't know what I can do more to solve the problem and I need help please

https://reddit.com/link/1fzp5l3/video/bo1nlhwjuptd1/player