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vvv · Post by **vvv** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:52 pm

Aiight, I'm a guitar/bass-vocalist songwriter with a occasional jones for organ parts.

I'm allergic to MIDI and VSTi's.

I want some OK cheap piano and organ sounds.

I currently use a Casio CTK-330 (listen here to know how badly) and wanna up the sounds, cheaply.

Whatcha's recommend?

I am not adverse to used stuff ...

Nick Sevilla · Post by **Nick Sevilla** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:56 pm

Korg M1.

Piano, there's always an Alesis Piano unit, I forget it's name. It only does piano sounds, but it's CHEAP and sounds good.

markjazzbassist · Post by **markjazzbassist** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:29 pm

i have a hohner pianet T that i love. it's a poor man's rhodes if that's up your alley. they go for around 300-400 used.

for cheap organs look at farfisa, vox continental, vox jaguar, etc.

for cheap piano you can get uprights or spinets for free if you get a moving truck, and then just call the society for the blind and have them tune it for $100. you get the real thing and help someone less fortunate

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:41 am

Nick, that stuff's all MIDI, right? You want me to get hives?

MTJB, I actually had a Rhodes suitcase (my second) here until a cuppla years ago. I got it to refurb and did, but I was unworthy to play it, and it was huge. I traded it back to the guy I got it from for a bedroom set for my daughter.

I had a little Farfisa for a while back in the 90's (another repair job) and that was cool, if limited.

I guess I'm looking for sompin' like my Casio, but better?

Freakmagnet451 · Post by **Freakmagnet451** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:45 am

Put a decent set of headphones in your car and start haunting your local pawn shops and thrift stores relentlessly.

I got a Kurzweil K2000 at Goodwill for $150 and it was much better than a Casio. Some of the higher end Yamaha all-in-one keyboards sound and play pretty good too.

I am not a keyboard player either but you do need one in the studio.

I ended up with a Novation X-Station but I ain't skeered of no MIDI!

dsw · Post by **dsw** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:39 pm

Nick, that stuff's all MIDI, right? You want me to get hives? Twisted Evil

you can't hear MIDI
you don't have to have anything MIDI to use a Korg M1

just sayin

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:04 pm

dsw wrote: you don't have to have anything MIDI to use a Korg M1

just sayin

Aiight, I didn't know that.

I googled, saw MIDI and sneezed, so I closed the page.

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