I am buying a new keyboard and i need your

[Gods element]

I am buying a new keyboard that i will be using in church. I like the yamaha motf 8, p250, and kurzweil pc2x or k2600. which should i get? please help!!!

[eric]

Not enough information to make a good recommendation. What sounds are important to you? Do you need sequencing and sampling? Just piano sounds? The instruments you listed are pretty much the cream of the crop as far as pro 88-note keyboards are concerned, but they each excel in their own way.

 

- Motif 8 or Motif ES8: Very solid rompler workstation, killer sounds plus sampling and sequencing, great keyboard action.

- P250: Probably the industry standard in pro stage pianos. Has other sounds, but most-renowned for its killer rendition of the acoustic piano experience.

- Kurzweil PC2x: Excellent meat and potatoes piano plus organ and synth sounds. More focused than the ES8 (no workstation features).

- K2600: Full blown mother ship synth, sampling, etc. etc. Very deep programming capabilities and excellent controllers (lots of sliders).

 

Hard to know which of these would be the best for your setting. Does your church have a dedicated acoustic piano and organ? Is this part of a big group or solo? Not sure if you are solo accompanist or augmenting a pianist and organist???

 

Regards,

Eric

[Gods element]

i have a hammond A-102 with a modified Leslie 122 (replace the 15" speaker with a 15" sub and 250 watt amp). My Organ sounds are covered. I need mind blowing piano sounds and synths. I write music and would like to record. Would my computer be better for recording purposes? Please help!!

 

thanks for your help,

 

joseph

[LithoJazzoSphere]

I play in church myself. I'm not clear what style of music your church plays, but if I were looking for "mind-blowing piano and synth," I'd probably opt for a Yamaha P250 for piano, and a Dave Smith Instruments Poly Evolver Keyboard for synth stuff. I'm not sure if your budget can hold that. The Korg OASYS would be excellent as well, but that's even more than those two combined, and probably won't ship for awhile. Cheaper all-in-one solution include, in addtion to what Eric mentioned, a Yamaha S90 ES, and a Roland Fantom X8 or RD-700 SX.

 

There are lots of threads on this type of thing if you do a bit of searching in the archives.

[Gods element]

Thanks!!! The Yamaha s90 ES looks awsome. Assignable sliders is what I really wanted. I like to use one slider for strings and fade the volume in and out when needed. The s90 ES looks very good at the moment.

 

 

thanks,

 

joseph

[Trill]

Joe ,

 

I think the S90es would be a great choice ,and I think it would cover all you need.

 

Greg

[bloodyMary]

I wouldn't recommend a worlstation (Yam Motif, Kurz K2x00, Korg Triton/Karma) - has a learning curve (a long one) - I'd rather take a performance board ( Yamaha S, or Roland RD)