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#267337 - 07/08/09 10:02 AM Need lightweight synth w. good piano and E.P. sounds
genesis12 Offline
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Registered: 05/04/02
Posts: 36
Loc: Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Can you recommend a lightweight keyboard that has great piano and electric piano sounds? This will accompany my SD1.

Thanks for your input.

Gene

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#267338 - 07/08/09 10:08 AM Re: Need lightweight synth w. good piano and E.P. sounds
Fran Carango Offline
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Registered: 05/26/99
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Loc: Levittown, Pa, USA
Check out the Yamaha P-85, and Casio Privia 320..both are around $600 and weigh around 25 pounds..
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#267339 - 07/08/09 10:29 AM Re: Need lightweight synth w. good piano and E.P. sounds
squeak_D Offline
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Registered: 10/08/00
Posts: 4715
Loc: West Virginia
I see you wrote "lightweight synth". If it's a good lightweight synth you're looking for I suggest you have a good look at the new Roland Juno Di.

128 note poly
Fantom G sounds
**has that great Roland 88 Stage Grand Piano
USB File/Audio player
Mic input with effects AND vocoder (mic effects are even independent from the tone generator)
Very logical layout
FULL SOFTWARE EDITOR that edits parameters not available on the synth (puts patch editing at a more pro level with the sofware)
VERY LIGHTWEIGHT and (drum roll) Roland drops a Juno that runs on freakin batteries!

It's selling for $699 (not a bad price considering the poly, patch set, USB player, and mic input with vocoder.)
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#267340 - 07/08/09 12:18 PM Re: Need lightweight synth w. good piano and E.P. sounds
Diki Offline


Registered: 04/25/05
Posts: 14182
Loc: NW Florida
That's a great selection...

And maybe if you want a few more styles that the SD-1 might not have, a GW8-L might work for you, too. Similar great pianos and EP's, and a boatload of other great stuff, too.
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#267341 - 07/08/09 12:23 PM Re: Need lightweight synth w. good piano and E.P. sounds
eddiefromrotherham Offline
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Registered: 03/21/02
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Loc: Rotherham,England.
ftp://ftp.roland.co.uk/Videos/juno-d/videos.html

Juno D demoed here, not a good demo but gives you an idea of the board.

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#267342 - 07/08/09 12:53 PM Re: Need lightweight synth w. good piano and E.P. sounds
squeak_D Offline
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Registered: 10/08/00
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Loc: West Virginia
Yeah..., the old Juno-D just had a price drop too. It's down to $499 (sounds are decent.., but not stellar as the Juno-D has been out since 2004). If you choose to get the older Juno D model make sure you get the Juno-D Le. The Le model has TWICE the rom of the Juno-D classic.

Here's a link for the NEWER Juno-Di model. Look at this new model as a Juno-D on STEROIDS. http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=1022&ParentId=72
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#267343 - 07/08/09 01:07 PM Re: Need lightweight synth w. good piano and E.P. sounds
miden Offline
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Registered: 01/31/06
Posts: 3354
Loc: The World
Quote:
Originally posted by Diki:
That's a great selection...

And maybe if you want a few more styles that the SD-1 might not have, a GW8-L might work for you, too. Similar great pianos and EP's, and a boatload of other great stuff, too.


But not if you actually want to play the styles from another keyboard. The GW8 has NO NTA settings. You cannot trigger styles from an external keyboard. Shame really as the GW8 has some pretty good piano/ep sounds.

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#267344 - 07/08/09 01:11 PM Re: Need lightweight synth w. good piano and E.P. sounds
Anonymous
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+1 for the Juno D/Di

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#267345 - 07/08/09 01:12 PM Re: Need lightweight synth w. good piano and E.P. sounds
squeak_D Offline
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Registered: 10/08/00
Posts: 4715
Loc: West Virginia
Is he looking for an arranger or synth though? He posted "lightweight synth" in the title..., but if he's looking for a lightweight synth (and an arranger with good pianos and EP's) the GW-8 would go nicely with his other unit (as stated some limitations with the styles though).., but he'd be getting a synth and an arranger in one package that's lightweight...
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#267346 - 07/08/09 02:08 PM Re: Need lightweight synth w. good piano and E.P. sounds
DonM Offline
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Registered: 06/25/99
Posts: 16735
Loc: Benton, LA, USA
I'll sell my Roland E50 for $1000.
DonM
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