Roland Juno- GI You Know

Lets talk about a keyboard that think can hold its own amongst the competition. The Roland Juno-GI Mobile Synthesizer with Digital Recorder.Since its inception in 1982, Roland's JUNO series of compact, easy-to-use synthesizers has always delivered impressive sound at an affordable price. The Roland JUNO-Gi does justice to the JUNO name by adding 1,300 flexible sounds and professional effects processing derived from the Boss GT series. Best of all, the live-performance features you expect from a JUNO synth are now complemented by an on-board 8-track digital recorder, complete with guitar and microphone inputs. If you want your main gigging keyboard to double as a serious composition tool, without sacrificing portability, he JUNO-Gi takes the cake, while still breaking the price barrier. This keyboard is very good for working in the music studio. you will be very impressed with the versatility and potential of this key synth. It interfaces seamlessly with PC's and other gear. With over a thousand onboard sounds, and ways of combining and altering them, this is an instrument that really gets the creative juices flowing.  If there's a weakness at all it's in the percussion sounds area, but like myself, if you got a kit and a PC to interface with, it's not a problem. It's strength is in the solid consistency of the sound patches, and the creative ways to alter them, it's pretty much endless. Furthermore the number of live sets on this instrument will take forever to get familiar with. But the preview button will give you a good, brief feel of each tone offered. Needless to say, it'll be awhile before you run out of things to discover. The split/layer feature offers near endless tone customization. The D Beam makes for a much more unique experience. For all the features this keyboard offers, it is an amazing value. But I would only recommend it if you can picture yourself using those features. If you don't think you'll ever use the 8-track recorder, for example, you might find a better value elsewhere For the price, this unit exceeds my expectations.

Yamaha DGX230 a Hero

Ok we are back with another keyboard to spark your interest. this is something that is very affordable, and one that you may want to consider if you are a beginner. The DGX230 is the most affordable model in the popular Yamaha DGX230 digital piano range. With a superb stereo grand piano sound, and 76 box style piano keys, the DGX230 is an ideal introduction to piano playing. Not only is the piano action touch sensitive, but this model features Yamaha's graded soft touch offering an authentic key action that's heavier towards the bass end lighter towards the treble end. Now as for some of great benefits of this board. I like that there are twelve amazing demo sequences pre-loaded on this instrument that just blew me away. Nine of those demos have transcriptions in pdf format and cover different styles of music from rock,  jazz, to waltz. The demos are really great sources for learning cool chord voicing's, fills, transitions, melodies, etc. You can solo or mute the piano parts while you play along with the band. This instrument is amazing for the price and is ideal for anyone wanting to gain a higher level of composing skills and chord voicing knowledge. The DGX230 has improved content over the old model DGX220 with extra new styles, 489 sounds and an increased music database. It can be connected via USB to your PC, allowing you to download data from Yamaha's internet music finder service onto your PC then into the DGX230 music database. Running off either mains, adapter optional, or batteries, the DGX230 is versatile and portable, making it ideal for performers of all ages and abilities.  It's hard to believe that a keyboard costing so little that comes with a stand and headphones, could sound this good and have this good of key action.