Been looking around...found two interesting keyboards that might work for me, right price.
Casio Privia PX 5S and Yamaha DGX 650.
These pianos will be used only for practice for me to learn piano. The board won't be going out on gigs I don't think.
I'm sort of leaning toward the DGX 650 because it has styles, in the event I might want to mess around with that. I'd like to midi with my Tyros once in a while but I'm guessing it might be tricky as the 650 only has a USB out.
The Casio seems like a pretty good board for the money, and has midi hookups, but no styles.
What do you think?
The PX-5S in my opinion has better piano sounds, and a much better action, i disliked the DGX action..
The PX-5S is a perfect solution for putting under an arranger, as it has a lot to add in addition to an arranger. great sounds, and some really deep arpeggiator, combined with lots of controll (sliders/knobs)
If you want a PX-5S type board with arranger styles on board from Casio, you really need to look at the new PX360 and PX560(the later one releasing this month) they both have a very nice touchscreen, same keybed as the PX5s, and the same sound engine.. PX350 has probably more to offer where it comes to sounds then the PX5s...both have also more then 200 styles on board, the 560 also has an arpeggiator
The DGX 650 is soundwise and stylewise comparable to the low end yamaha arrangers of the PSR-E series, tough with some reasonable piano sounds added. the only thing where i think the 650 may outshine the casios is when it comes to flute, brass and other acoustic instrument sounds.
I hope this helps you
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