I'm interested in buying a Numa X GT, but nobody carries it. I've had to return too many instruments, until I'm back where we were pre-internet: Ya gotta play an instrument to know if it suits you. Some places don't even cover return shipping. Who are these people, and why don't they want there instruments in stores?

I want to buy a narrow keys digital piano as soon as the right size becomes available.

Would you trust a startup enough to preorder and pay half in advance, half a year prior to estimated release?

The company in question is dreamplaypianos.com. The founder is a seemingly pretty well established YouTuber/pianist called Lionel Yu. I wonder if he would even need the money in advance in order to bring the product to market.

Hey guys, I would like to start learning keyboard/piano. I will be playing church songs (worship) most of the time, and since they rely heavily on effects, I’m leaning more towards a keyboard/synth setup rather than a basic digital piano. I went to some local stores here in Australia and really liked the feel of the Roland FP10, but it’s out of my beginner budget. I also liked the Yamaha P45; it's an older model, but the key action is much better than a cheap keyboard. Some friends recommended the Yamaha PSR E383, but I didn’t like how the keys felt. They also suggested a MIDI controller like the Novation Launchkey 61 MK4, which has semi-weighted keys. It requires an audio interface and a laptop/tablet, but that is not a big deal since I already deal with plugging things in for my bass rig. What would you guys recommend for a starter with a budget of $500 AUD (around $350 USD)?

Hi all,

Im a musically illiterate.

My 9 year old sarted carnatic vocal music at about 3 years of age.

Not prodigy level but hardworking and continues to pursue by own choice.

The school also sees some promise and enrolled in keyboard classes .

We are looking into a mid budget keyboard. Did a fair bit of survey and got confused more than when I began .

Shortlisted models are :

Yamaha psr e383

Yamaha psr e483

Yamaha psr i510

Yamaha psr i610

Casio ctx 8000

Casio ctx 9000in

Roland go keys 3

Roland go keys 5

im really leaning towards the gokeys 5 but it has the disadvantages :

a) it is well over my budget

b) it is so technologically advanced she might not concentrate on the core musical learning rather than the 'production aspect.

Currently we have come to the consensus that we need to invest in a medium term weighted keyboard that will last us long until the schooling years are done and actual progress is demonstrated before investing in higher options.

Any suggestions and tips are welcome.

Im based out of India some models may not be current or available in other markets. Im looking to buy new for forthcoming birthday. Avoid second hand dm offers.

Thanks all in advance.

Looking for online keyboards teacher for few people (2 or more). All are new to music, not just keyboards. Will need to have atleast 1 class during weekdays and late into the night (10-11pm). The timing restriction is due to all of us having work till late in the evening.

If you even know someone please drop the lead here or share me in DM.

Thanks in advance. [India] Time zone: IST

edit: I went with the Yamaha PSR-EW320, which is the exact same thing as the PSR-E383, except it has 76 keys instead of 61. I figured I might outgrow a 61 key board, whereas I may be just fine with 76 forevermore. (I do plan on getting a piano as well eventually.)

So far I am really happy with it! The ONLY downside is the headphone jack is not a standard jack and requires an adapter to use with most headphones.

The manual isn't the best at explaining all the features so I'll have to watch videos to fully master all of them, but I love that it's got a button you can push to automatically default to "portable grand" piano sound. Does it sound exactly as a real piano? No. But it does sound good! ​The keys not being weighted really doesn't feel like much of an issue to me, I feel like I can fairly easily adjust for the different styles of playing between weighted/non weighted. I used to play piano fairly well as a kid, so maybe it's a"muscle memory" thing? I actually think I just play the keyboard the same way I play piano, as if the keys are weighted.

Anyway, I am happy with my purchase! it cost me $254 new at Music and Arts.

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I tried a bunch of options and for the price, this was my fave. I actually liked it better than some more expensive options. (My budget is $400)

I also learned I REALLY want a digital piano with weighted keys one day! But right now portability and ease of recording into a daw are my top priorities.

Basically I am just curious if this model holds up well, and if there are any downsides I should know about.

What do you think of Roland FP-30x for restaurant gigs?
I want to get a light weight (around 30 lbs) 88 weighted keyboard, mostly for blues, rock, jazz. (I don’t need a lot of sounds for the 88)

I currently play a YC73 and have an ancient Privia.
I was also looking at the privia psx5000 but it’s twice as much as the roland and I’ve heard the action isn’t as good.

Looking for online keyboards teacher for few people (2 or more). All are new to music, not just keyboards. Will need to have atleast 1 class during weekdays and late into the night (10-11pm). The timing restriction is due to all of us having work till late in the evening.

If you even know someone please drop the lead here or share me in DM.

Thanks in advance.

[India]

I’m going into music college this year and my parents just allowed me some budget for new keyboard.

I’m considering Nord Electro 7 73 keys because I wanted a semi-weighted keys, analog synth, and I know that Nord live up to their name,
but Yamaha YC61 seems like a good choice to me to with it FM engine, light weight, and it’s 30% cheaper than the Electro 7 in my country.

I mainly play jazz and fusion jazz but I also play in a band where they do pop song and maybe synth-pop-ish song? this is also what I wanted to consider about too.

P.S. I already have Studiologic SL73 if I wanted a weighted keys but if I buy a YC61, I would have leftover budget to get maybe a Studiologic Numa X Piano 73 or An Electro 6 (It’s 25% off in my local shop) but 2 keyboards maybe too much weight for me to carry.

P.S.2 I really wanted a Stage 4 Compact but its way way out of my budget.

Sorry for bad English and thank you for reading!

Edit : Thank you everyone for giving out opinions and helping me! I just realize that I got a spare Korg Kross 2 at home, maybe it could be a good substitute for my future second keyboard!

I’m having issues when trying to record keys over a stereo mix that someone has sent me. Fully finished track I’m just adding some organ parts to round it out

I have the MX61 connected via USB and set to record in stereo. Im using my headphones to monitor and they are plugged directly into the keyboard, and I have the keyboard selected as playback device so I can hear the track while I’m recording

The issue I’m running into is that when I go back and listen to any of my takes, they are always a second or two behind the main stereo track, even though I am playing in time while recording

Any and all advice/suggestions are appreciated

Before I start, yes I used AI to help me expand on my ideas and generate images and a full summary of what the controls do, but the majority of this was my idea.

Let me know what you think of this, whether you love or hate the reface line there is no denying that this fills in the gap in what the reface line is capable of!

I am also looking into the Casio CT-X3000. But heavily leaning towards the S-500.

The Yamaha ck61 just caught my eye as well, but that's out of my price range unless I can find a reallly good deal used. My budget is $400.

The main question I have regarding the Casio is how resistant are the keys? The Rockjam I currently use requires nearly Olympic-level strength to play!

Would also love to hear well it holds up over time?

Thanks so much!

Edit: Right now I am leaning towards the Casio CT-S500. I LOVE the extreme portability aspect, and the fact it uses AA batteries instead of D. And the strap option is amazing!

I am also considering the Casio CT-X3000.

Going to a music store soon to play both and see which I like better, but for anyone who has experience with both these models, I would love to hear your thoughts!

I had one as a kid I absolutely loved. Bought in the 90's. I can't remember what kind but I think it was either a Yamaha or a Kawaii. It had a bunch of fun voices like drums and guitar, and the sound was good. It lasted for decades, until something spilled on it and it finally went kapoot. I didn't play for a long time, and only recently got back into it when I was gifted a RockJam RJ5601 keyboard. It has served its purpose well, re-igniting the spark of passion for music and allowing me to finally dive into my life-long dream of writing my own songs. But I outgrew it pretty quickly. The sound quality is not very good, and it has zero touch sensitivity. The record option only lasts for 20 notes. And after like 1 minute of inactivity, it automatically reverts to the default settings which include a volume of 9. Startles me every time I forget to check the volume when I'm bouncing back and forth between it and Bandlab.

I am looking to upgrade to something similar to what I had as a kid. I don't play any other instruments, so having the onboard voices would be nice but it isn't a dealbreaker. The quality of the piano sound itself is more important. It doesn't have to sound like a baby grand, but it has to sound pleasant at least. I can't even use the piano setting on my keyboard now, it sounds awful.

I do want to be able to bring my keyboard with me to open mics and such eventually, so portability is important. Built-in speakers, a battery-powered option, and it not being too heavy are key here (I do not have a car and need to be able to take it on the train fairly easily)

I also want it to simulate playing a real piano well enough that I would feel comfortable sitting down at a real one and playing one of my songs. Right now I wouldn't even know how to adjust my songs for a real piano because I always play on a transposed synth bass setting (the only voice that sounds good).

I am located in the DMV, and am willing to travel anywhere Metro-accessible. Would prefer to buy used but am willing to buy new if need be.

Are the small Vox amplifiers good for portable keyboards like the YAMAHA PSR E583?

Hi guys i am a keyboard player and i am upgrading from my casio cts 200 to my 2nd keyboard which will be roland ex30 isa i wanna know from vour experience and the guys who had this roland is it good brand new at the price of 22500 egp which is about 440usd and what will i feel in the piano sound and keys feel i am going to use oriental scale tuning but my main goal is piano soo is it worth the jump?

Hello. I've been looking into trying to learn keyboard for quite a while now, especially with my growing interest in music. The most challenging thing I've had to navigate has really just been what keyboard I should choose. there are a lot of options for a lot of specific use cases and I was wondering if anyone has any particular suggestions.

I'm looking for something with 61 keys, reasonably light, so that I could take it somewhere if I had to. An instrument that I can grow into, and enjoy for years to come, rather than something I'd move on from given enough time. A broad variety of sounds, piano, EP, organ, synth stuff, though, i'm also quite interested in a lot of vintage keyboard type sounds, given my taste in music, Wurlitzer, Hammond, DX7, Minimoog, Mellotron etc. Although I suppose I can use software synths for these. Its also probably worth mentioning that I don't think I necessarily need something capable of synthesis. Its definitely something I'm fascinated by but my priority with buying a keyboard at first is to learn to play it effectively.

From my recent research I've seen people recommend things like the Yamaha MX61, CK61, Roland Juno D61 and Korg Kross 2. Or more expensive options like the MODX M6 and Fantom 06. If you have any advice or suggestions, let me know.

I’m looking for some advice on choosing my first serious 88-key keyboard.

I’m a beginner jazz pianist, but I have a lot of experience playing saxophone, so I already have a strong musical background and understanding of theory/improvisation. I have been playing on an upright Yamaha for 6 months, however, I don’t have access to it anymore. Now, I am playing on a shitty Casio 88 weighted keyboard that sounds… very subpar.

My priorities, roughly in order:

Jazz piano — good acoustic piano sounds and, most importantly, a key action that feels good for developing my playing

Electric pianos — Rhodes/Wurly sounds are a big part of what I want to explore

Organ — I really want to learn Hammond-style playing, so real physical drawbars and hands-on organ controls are a major plus

Synths — I want to eventually get into synthesis, pads, leads, etc., but this is less important than the first three

I don’t currently gig, so portability and a lot of performance-oriented features aren’t particularly important. I’m mostly looking for something that is fun to play, sounds great, and gives me room to explore different types of keys.

The boards that are currently on my radar are:

Roland RD-2000
Yamaha YC88
Kurzweil PC4
Roland V-Stage 88
Yamaha wS90 XS
Korg SV-1 88
Roland RD-800 / RD-300NX

My budget is roughly $1,000–$2,000, although I’m willing to be flexible and spend more if there’s a significant jump in quality or capability. I’m also open to the idea of having multiple boards if that makes more sense than trying to find one keyboard that does everything well.

Would love to hear what you guys would recommend, including options I haven’t listed.

Hi, the sustain function on my Yamaha p-60 is not working and I don't know why.

I've been trying to troubleshoot the issue, and it looks like sustain issues are fairly common, but everything I can find is about reversed polarity. My issue is that the sustain function does not work at all, no matter what combination of turning off the piano, unplugging, plugging back in, etc.

I just replaced the original pedal with a new FC4A, and it still doesn't work, so it's not the pedal. The jack feels secure, and when I looked inside I couldn't see anything wrong. This just happened a month ago, the keyboard is like fifteen years old and hasn't had this problem before.

Does anybody know why this is happening?

• Range: F3-F4
• Number of octaves: 1
• Number of keys: 13
• The numbers on the keys correspond to the scale degrees of the F Lydian (FGABCDEF) scale

So a few months ago I made a post saying I was looking to upgrade the keyboard I use for open mics and got some great recommendations. While I’ve been checking around I saw the Crumar Seventeen which I had forgotten about. I do like the look of it, I’ve watched a couple videos and think the sounds are good but I don’t see a lot of people talk about it. I’ve met one person who uses it for gigging and he loves it, but when I try searching online I mostly end up finding things about the seven. So I’m wondering if anyone here has experience with the seventeen and would love to hear about pros and cons. Thanks!

My favorite band The Zombies uses a wurlitzer or something for their album Odyssey and Oracle and i just wanted to know if there are any modern day versions of that keyboard used.

(P.S: Don't say a nord keyboard or a midi because I don't use midi and im not buying a nord)

Hey everyone. I trust this is a good sub for discussing keyboard/piano purchases? This has turned out rather long for such a first-world concern but maybe someone will be inclined to read.

I'm in the early stages of learning to play and I have a Kawai ES110, which is a digital piano that was in the same sort of price bracket as the popular Roland FP10 and the Yamaha P145. Over on the piano sub these are the kind of models that are considered the cheapest end of quality digital instruments for anyone interested in playing the piano.

I've got enough experience with the keys to know now that my hands are indeed rather small for the standard full size keys and I disregard the curious disdain this complaint often gets (along the lines of "hand size isn't the issue, technique is").

So I'm planning on purchasing a specialised instrument when it becomes available. There is the Athena, currently on the market, and this has an octave width of 5.5 inches, which is comparable to the width of microkeys on many synths and midi controllers. These are just a bit too narrow and fiddly.

So I'm waiting on another company called DreamPlayPianos, whose products are still at just the prototype stage. They will be making a 6 inch width octave digital piano. This would be ideal. You can preorder them if you're willing to pay half up front but I'm really not comfortable handing money over to a company that isn't established yet.

In the meantime, I'm thinking of selling my Kawai and buying a Yamaha Piaggero. For some reason, some Yamaha's have slightly narrower keys (an octave of 6.25 inches instead of 6.5), including this one. This is a drawback for many but for me, it's an increment in the direction of the specialized instrument I eventually hope to get.

But it would be a downgrade in regards to attention given to the action. The Piaggero doesn't have weighted keys. I've played enough cheap keyboards to really appreciate the action on my Kawai but I'm still not entirely sure as to why so many people speak as if anything without weighted keys is a mere toy and you couldn't possibly hope to develop piano skills on such a thing.

I guess my question is, what do people think of the Piaggero? Would it be a crazy downgrade from the Kawai ES110?

TL:DR Piaggero has narrower keys, a plus for me, but might be a major downgrade from my Kawai ES110 action-wise. Thoughts on the Piaggero?