SUGGESTIONS for a good CHEAP keyboard

jcooke · Post by **jcooke** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 1:55 pm

Anyone have favorite keyboards for under $50.

Thanks,
Jeremy

The Real MC · Post by **The Real MC** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:04 pm

How about a Microsoft Ergonomic keyboard?

jcooke · Post by **jcooke** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:16 pm

I was actually looking for piano type keyboards, not computer types.

I do like ergonomic keyboards though. Wireless are also nice.

Jeremy

justinf · Post by **justinf** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:32 pm

casio sk-1 (if you're lucky)

kikocoolray · Post by **kikocoolray** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:54 pm

casio sk-5 if you're even luckier!

AstroDan · Post by **AstroDan** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:47 pm

You say piano...so do you want real, acoustic samples? Or do you want (subtractive) synthy 'synth' sounds, lotsa bleeps and squaks?

r0ck1r0ck2 · Post by **r0ck1r0ck2** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:39 pm

flea markets

kayagum · Post by **kayagum** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:48 pm

They're practically giving away pianos and organs on craigslist.

marc · Post by **marc** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:37 am

kayagum wrote:They're practically giving away pianos and organs on craigslist.

Or in my case, they actually are free. I love finding random things on craigslist.

seaneldon · Post by **seaneldon** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:41 am

yeah ive gotten some free uprights and consoles on craigslist that i'd tune up, use on one recording, and then put on the curb

jcooke · Post by **jcooke** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:45 am

I'm hoping for a keyboard that will have some good cheesy/weird sounds. I obviously don't expect a good piano sound out of a keyboard for under $50.

Jeremy

Trem2 · Post by **Trem2** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:20 am

I've been stoked on my little yamaha keyboard lately. I think its a ps140 or something. Its a little older. Maybe early 90's or something.
Got it at a thrift store for 6 bucks.

The sounds are totally cheesy and lo-fi. But they are so lo-fi that they actually sound really cool.
For instance- on the sounds that are supposed to have a slow decay or reverb you can hear all the crappy digital processing working its hardest to sound authentic but coming no where close ! So you get a weird digital grit and modulation.

Almost essential for these crappy keyboards though is a distortion pedal. Give some mojo to the cheese.

Older Casio's can be really cool too. My casiotone 1000p has been rocking my world lately. Casio can also really suck though. bad.

inverseroom · Post by **inverseroom** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:36 am

jcooke wrote:I'm hoping for a keyboard that will have some good cheesy/weird sounds. I obviously don't expect a good piano sound out of a keyboard for under $50.

Jeremy

Kawai PH-50.

mildred-pitt · Post by **mildred-pitt** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:48 am

I love the casio mt-68.

r0ck1r0ck2 · Post by **r0ck1r0ck2** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:51 am

you will find no bigger casio fan than i...

definately look at the yamaha stuff as well..

a lot of the newer ones have midi and make decent controllers..

should be showing up on eBay or maybe even shopgoodwill.com

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