Thankyou very much.
I have printed this out and will refer to it as I shop around.
Thanks again. Much appreciated.
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AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "uralmoto2001" <uralmoto2001@y...>
wrote:
>
> I would advise checking out the keyboard section of your local
music
> store, such as Guitar Center. Play around with their demo units
and
> see what fits best. If you're after a decent piano sound and
> realistic sounding instruments, then a sample-playback type synth
> would work best. Alesis QS6.2 and Roland Juno D are examples of 5-
> octave sample-playback keyboards under $600. An 88 note keyboard
with
> weighted piano-type action, such as Alesis QS8.2 or Yamaha S08, is
> closer to $1000. The An1x is a VA (virtual analog) designed to
sound
> like older analog synths. VA's have a good classic synth sound
but
> no realistic piano or orchestra type instruments. Most synths are
> fairly easy to learn to operate. Workstations such as Korg Triton,
> Yamaha Motif, Roland Fantom, have a much steeper learning curve
and
> are rather expensive.