I don't know anything about Korgs. The school music room where we practice has a Korg digital audio workstation of some sort in it. I tried doing one practice with it and couldn't figure it out - way too many controls, configuration settings, etc. (Plus I didn't want to mess anything up for the music teacher who uses it everyday - he had a lot of custom stuff set up in it.) As far as keyboard feel went, its keys were heavier than those on the Yamaha. I happen to like the lighter keys better, but if you're more used to pianos, it would be quite comfortable. Oh, and the PSR-740 is one tough instrument. About a year ago, we had a speaker stand (complete with main speaker) that was standing on the edge of a stage topple off the stage and land the speaker on the keyboard (after bouncing off me). I can barely move one of the speakers, so it was probably 60-80 pounds. It chipped one of the keys, put a narrow gouge into the plastic near the LCD, and put a small crease in the metal grid over one of the speakers. Damaged nothing else. I stick some tape over the chip in the key and the keyboard is still going strong. In its gig bag with pedals and power supply, it weighs 47 pounds - don't know how portable you might consider that. We looked at another company's idea of a "portable" model: it weighed 110 pounds. I thought that was a little extreme, even for something with 88 keys. James Stone wrote: > I thought the korg X50 looks quite nice.. I am considering getting > one, although I don't think the keyboard will be much of an upgrade > over the Evolution.. I think the built in sounds are pretty amazing > though. > > James > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:41 AM, david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> My Yamaha PSR-255GM is 36" wide, 14" deep, 5.5" high. Has 61 keys, >> decent speakers built in, and one line out. It lacks any connection for >> a volume pedal or any other control widgets, although it has a >> connection for a foot switch. The keyboard can even run on batteries. >> >> The PSR-740 I use in our church band has roughly the same keys, is a bit >> wider and deeper, better built in speakers and stereo line outs. Also >> offers foot switch, volume pedal, a pitch bend controller and a >> modulation controller that by default tries to function like a >> lightweight imitation of a Leslie speaker. The foot switch, pedal and >> both controllers are configurable via the keyboard's LCD menus. It has a >> lot of capabilities (including drum machine functions, etc) because it's >> sort of designed to be a "one-man-band" instrument. It even has a mic in >> connection and an assortment of DSP tricks you can use on an incoming >> voice (such as generating a three-voice chorus accompaniment from it). >> >> I'm very partial to Yamahas, I think they have the best built-in sounds. ;-) >> >> Of course, neither of them is made anymore, but perhaps later PSR models >> would be suitable. Don't know how it compares to your Evolution. >> >> >> >> Simon Williams wrote: >> > Hello everyone. >> > I'm posting here more out of desperation- I simply cannot find what I'm >> > looking for anywhere. >> > >> > Basically I'm looking to replace my Evolution MK-461c midi controller >> > with something of a little bit better quality, and something capable of >> > producing it's own sounds (relying on a computer is often quite >> > inconvenient, especially since I haven't yet managed to find/setup good >> > enough quality sounds). >> > >> > The main problem I'm having is finding something portable. My MK is 5 >> > octaves (61 keys), and measures approx 97cm x 23cm x 9cm. The main point >> > is that this thing is a long rectangle. Every single other 5 octave >> > keyboard is getting on for square- with the same length, but having a >> > depth of about 60cm instead of 23cm. What is going on? I know they put >> > the speakers in there, but seriously? That's hardly portable, and I >> > *know* the additional electronics doesn't need to take up that much >> > room. The other serious problem with these is that they aren't even flat >> > squares - that I might be able to deal with, but all the ones I have >> > seen are more like wedge shapes and end up being stupidly high at the >> > back as well (again, well over twice the height of my MK). >> > >> > The other major problem I have is that I need line out rather than just >> > a headphones socket. The main problem with the headphones socket (aside >> > from not really being as good for connecting to a PA system) is that it >> > mutes the speakers, which isn't very helpful since I'm likely to be >> > using PA systems without foldback capability. It seems that I have to go >> > to digital piano before I get line out. >> > >> > Actually, weighted keys would be nice, but again, I have to go to >> > digitial piano to get that, and digital piano's are all 7.5-8 octaves, >> > which doesn't fit in my car. I've considered the possibility of a 6 >> > octave, but I don't think that will fit either. >> > >> > Does such thing as a "portable keyboard" suitable for live performance >> > actually exist? >> > >> > Oh- one other thing- price is a major consideration (I originally bought >> > the MK because it was cheap). >> > >> > I like the sound of Yamahas, and I nearly bought a PSR-E403 off ebay, >> > until I saw a better picture and discovered that it's a stupidly high >> > wedge, and that it has no line out. >> > >> > Please, can anybody help me? >> >> -- >> David >> gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> authenticity, honesty, community >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> > -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
