My criteria was: - weighted keys (i.e. piano action instead of organ action) - velocity-sensitive (the harder I strike the key, the harder the sound) - lots of preset "classic" keyboard sounds (piano, Rhodes electric, Hammond B-3, clavinet, harpsichord, celesta, etc.) - programmable (can set up a sound and save it in memory) - sampling (record a sound and play it back) - portable (so I can take it to house filks and filk cons).
Kurzweil is to keyboards as Lexus is to cars. High-end, professional-quality gear. I've admired them since the mid-80s, when the first model came out.
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Date: 2005-12-10 01:31 pm (UTC)My criteria was:
- weighted keys (i.e. piano action instead of organ action)
- velocity-sensitive (the harder I strike the key, the harder the sound)
- lots of preset "classic" keyboard sounds (piano, Rhodes electric, Hammond B-3, clavinet, harpsichord, celesta, etc.)
- programmable (can set up a sound and save it in memory)
- sampling (record a sound and play it back)
- portable (so I can take it to house filks and filk cons).
Kurzweil is to keyboards as Lexus is to cars. High-end, professional-quality gear. I've admired them since the mid-80s, when the first model came out.